Rebel Energy & partner sign 3,000 households to receive blockchain-certified renewables
In a move claimed as a UK first, two debutant power partners say they’ve brought low carbon electricity certified by peer-to-peer blockchain to 3,000...
Support for the journey to CO2-negative cement
The cement industry emits large amounts of climate-damaging carbon dioxide – but alternative binders based on magnesium carbonate could even bind CO2. Concrete as...
Climate scientists: Johnson administration talking big, under-delivering on carbon transition
Britain’s path to net zero is being imperilled by the Johnson’s government’s over-reliance on long-term targets, market mechanisms, unproven new technology’, and not enough...
Wärtsilä to provide 100MWh energy storage system to SSE’s new solar and battery division
The technology group Wärtsilä will partner with SSE to deliver a 50MW / 100MWh energy storage system in Salisbury, Wiltshire. The battery will be...
IPG raises £1million in crowdfunding campaign
Climate tech company, IPG, has today reached its £1million target investment, through a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, bringing it a step closer to enabling businesses to...
Military veterans get fell in for Centrica’s thrust towards Net Zero
Britain's biggest energy company Centrica hopes to recruit as many as 500 former soldiers, sailors and airforce personnel into engineering roles across British Gas...
WPD commits to easy hook-up for home microgenerators
Midlanders, Welsh folk and South Westerners who’ve turned their homes into solar-equipped mini-power stations got renewed backing from Western Power Distribution today.
Fresh from announcing...
Energy costs top Covid recovery as corporates’ main concern, survey finds
Energy costs have overtaken the recovery from Covid-19 as the top concern for UK businesses, according to a new report released today. Four in...
Stock markets carrying 3 times more carbon reserves than can be burned under Paris
Global stock markets are financing companies which are sitting on three times more coal, oil and gas reserves than can be burned without breaking...
Carbon-busting invention from Greenwich Uni purges cement, preps to clean heavy emitters
Innovators spun off from London’s Greenwich University have won cash funding to expand into decarbonising cement and other heavy-emitting, hard-to-clean industries.
Through its patented Accelerated...
The energy market fairy tale, and how you can avoid the nightmares
Cielo Energy provides businesses of all sizes expert commercially focussed consultancy advice and support on the energy market. We work with companies from...
Many leading banks rely on data that is insufficiently granular to properly inform strategy
New research from Bain & Company finds that the majority of the world's largest banks are failing to disclose their financed carbon emissions or...
The Journey Towards Net Zero
By Mark Rose, Sales & Marketing Director
Welcome to the second in a series of posts from Rob Kerr – Customer Service Director, Anton Roberts...
Energy ministry “drags its feet” as Britain falls further behind on buildings’ carbon, MPs...
D-BEIS is presiding over Britain’s failure to control carbon emissions from new and existing buildings, according to MPs shadowing Whitehall’s energy ministry.
The Environmental Audit...
Join the Debate: The Energy Crunch and the Business Confidence Crisis
Since September 2021, there has been unprecedented volatility in the wholesale energy market, which is having a major impact on businesses - many of whom...
ABB to plug 10MW Li-on battery into Ecotricity’s Gloucestershire wind farm
Power engineering multinational ABB Electrification is planning to locate its first UK battery, a 10MW/20MWh installation at a 6.9MWp wind farm owned by green...
MEUC’s Summer Conference and Exhibition.
Come and see us at MEUC’s EXPO 14 June London – www.meucnetwork.co.uk/expo
The Energyst will be joining other energy sector stakeholders and corporate and public...
Strategic Innovation Fund: Ofgem calls competitors to starting blocks
Ofgem and Innovate UK have announced preferred topics for the second round of funding under the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF). Applications will be accepted...
Staffordshire town to get smart local energy system
Rugeley in Staffordshire is set to benefit from a town-wide smart local energy system (SLES), courtesy of Equans, Engie group’s division innovating in district...
Western Power presses pedal to metal, ACCELERATES carbon-saver ruses
Britain’s biggest distribution network operator WPD has launched two new programmes, aimed at minimising carbon impacts on its network.
ALPACA and ACCELERATED (Assessment of Climate...