With energy consultancy, as with everything, you get what you pay for, says CUB in this sponsored post. ‘Free’ consultancy is one sign that you can’t trust your partner – and the firm outlines a few other indications that it might be time to find a new TPI. Finding the best energy price and service Read more…
Energy Efficiency Summit 2015
ESTA invites all energy industry participants to attend its annual conference next month in this sponsored post. ESTA’s annual event programme is going from strength to strength. On 22 October 2015 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, the demand-side industry is invited to take part in this exciting one-day conference and exhibition. Covering vital aspects Read more…
Government may subsidise Esos measures
The government has indicated that it may subsidise the cost of energy efficiency measures for businesses under the Esos programme. Under the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (Esos), businesses have to conduct an energy audit and have it signed off by a director. However, after that, they don’t actually have to do anything. The reasoning is Read more…
Government to axe CRC, moots subsidies for energy efficiency
The government is set to axe the carbon reduction commitment (CRC) as part of a purge on green tape. It plans to scrap the tax and replace it with another based on the climate change levy (CCL). Treasury has also indicated that it will consider tax-funded incentives for energy efficiency. The government is consulting on Read more…
Drax to halt CCS investment, seeks support for fourth biomass unit
Drax will not invest further into carbon capture and storage (CCS). The company will quit the White Rose project once the front-end engineering and development phase is completed next year. Drax, however, is seeking government support to convert a fourth coal fired unit to biomass. The 4GW power station is the largest in Britain, and Read more…
Investor confidence project launches investment protocols for building renovation
Backed by €1.92 million of Horizon 2020 funding, the Investor Confidence Project (ICP) Europe released its first draft protocols on 14 September 2015 and is inviting comment prior to the final version in October. The protocols are the first component of the ICP System which standardises how energy efficiency projects are developed and measured. Building owners, Read more…
Esos or not, firms must make energy efficiency number one priority says Energy Institute
The Energy Institute (EI) is committed to improving energy efficiency across industry and has developed a variety of resources to support this. Whether you are looking for help with ESOS, want to find a Lead Assessor, reduce your organisation’s energy costs or simply find ways to reduce your impact on the environment, the EI outlines Read more…
Haven Power on REGOs: Sustainable energy businesses can trust
Following the Chancellor’s recent announcement that the government would be removing the CCL exemption from renewable electricity generation, sustainable energy has been at the top of the news agenda. Even through this time of great change in the industry, it is still important for UK businesses to drive to be more sustainable. But if a Read more…
Esos for water: Why wait to discover the obvious?
A prominent energy consultant recently floated the idea of creating a water equivalent to the Energy Saving Obligation Scheme (Esos). He called it Wsos. While Esos may be struggling to gain traction, and the Environment Agency may find itself without the budget to enforce the scheme, the principle of auditing water use as part of Read more…
National Grid flags demand response changes, urges TPIs and suppliers to deliver
National Grid has indicated that changes to demand side response mechanisms may come as early as next year. Speaking at a breakfast briefing hosted by Energyst Media in London on Thursday, contract services manager Mike Edgar said that the system operator had “no immediate” plans to make changes schemes such as Short Term Operating Reserve Read more…
Local authority energy companies to drive down business energy costs?
Local authority energy companies could be the next wave of competition to business energy suppliers. Nottingham City Council officially launched its energy supply company yesterday. Named Robin Hood Energy, the label implies an intended redistribution of power. The company has not yet launched its business energy supply offering, but plans to do so within the Read more…
Local authorities say finance and public procurement biggest hurdles to heat networks
Local authorities say financing heat networks is the biggest barrier to and have warned that a lack of appetite from both property developers and public-sector heat sources, such as hospitals, is likely to undermine even commercially viable projects. Local authorities interviewed on behalf of the department of energy and climate change’s Heat Networks Delivery Unit Read more…
UK to lose another 2GW of power capacity as Eggborough consults on closure
Capacity margins for winter 2016 could become tighter still as Eggborough Power announced that its 2GW coal-fired power station could cease generating next March. The company said low power prices, changes to the capacity mechanism, biomass subsidies and National Grid’s strategic balancing reserve programme, plus the impact of the carbon price lay behind its decision Read more…
Power struggle: Infinis and Drax initiate judicial review over Osborne’s CCL exemption axe
Infinis and Drax have initiated proceedings for a judicial review after the Treasury announced it would remove the exemption from the Climate Change Levy for renewable power. The announcement, made in George Osborne’s budget, caused consternation among energy com panies and third party intermediaries who had been given no warning of the proposal. Drax, the Read more…
Scotland’s party leaders to make energy efficiency and renewable heat core policy
The leaders of Scotland’s political parties have signed an agreement that puts energy efficiency central to policy-making. WWF Scotland brokered the deal ahead of the 2016 Holyrood elections. It commits the parties to delivering on climate change targets and setting out their plans within party manifestos for core elements such as demand reduction, energy efficiency Read more…
Demand side response: Free breakfast briefing with National Grid for Energyst readers
National Grid wants more businesses to help balance the UK power system via demand side response (DSR) programmes. The system operator has committed to aggressive expansion of DSR – which will require many more businesses to become flexible in their electricity consumption in return for payment. Following on from The Energyst’s recent report Demand Side Read more…
Esos: 152 companies compliant, can it be enforced?
The Environment Agency remains committed to enforcing Esos despite growing consensus that it will have to extend the deadline for compliance and may lack the necessary enforcement budget. As of 25 August, the Agency confirmed that 152 companies had notified it of full Energy Savings Obligation Scheme (Esos) compliance. That figure is up from 32 Read more…
Businesses braced for cuts to small scale generation and export rates
Government has proposed steep cuts to small scale renewable energy subsidies. The department of energy and climate change (Decc) clarified its intentions in a consultation published today and could yet propose further cuts to the rates paid to firms which export power to the grid. Decc plans to streamline subsidy bands for each qualifying technology Read more…
Recovering utilities costs from commercial tenants
Recovering utilities costs from commercial tenants: are service charges a simple accounting exercise or complete minefield, asks TEBS director Martin Jaehme in this sponsored post. As energy consultants we often manage utilities for large commercial properties working with clients who are either landlords or managing agents. Our task is to prepare utilities recharge statements, which Read more…
Why are retrofit boiler controls proving so popular?
Why are retrofit boiler controls proving so popular, asks boiler control firm Sabien in this sponsored post. Retrofit boiler controls are now making a significant contribution to energy and carbon reduction strategies? There are several reasons for this. Many organisations have already reduced energy wastage, especially electricity, and are now turning to gas and oil. Read more…
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