Mortgage rate cuts for energy efficient homes? Pilot scheme appraises possible options
Homeowners who make their properties more energy efficient could see their mortgage rate cut under a new government-backed pilot.
Perenna Bank will receive more than...
Action plan to accelerate grid connections launched by energy networks trade group
The UK's trade association for gas and electricity transmission and distribution has published a three-step plan to speed up connections to the grid. Action...
Green day unravelled: Pundits respond to policy package
An apocalyptic “meh” seemed to greet the government’s bumper package of energy- and climate-related policy announcements and documents released on 30 March, which appeared...
UK’s first all-electric cement mixer completes trial
The UK’s first all-electric ready-mix concrete mixer has completed a three-month trial of commercial deliveries across Birmingham for sustainable building materials firm Tarmac.
The ‘e-mixer’,...
Comment: A solution to unsustainable school energy bills
New analysis shows that primary and secondary schools in London will now face an annual £85 million energy bill. With the cost of living...
Most innovative energy start-ups recognised in German awards
Fifteen start-ups deemed to have the most innovative business models in the field of energy transition and climate protection were celebrated at an award...
A lopsided prospectus? Commentators appraise the Spring Budget
Nuclear energy and carbon capture, storage and utilisation (CCUS) were notable beneficiaries in the chancellor’s Spring Budget (presented on 15 March), which seemed geared...
£1.8 billion awarded to tackle energy efficiency in homes and public buildings
The UK government announced the allocation of nearly £2 billion in funding on 21 March, which it says will be used to provide energy...
Decarbonise UK public buildings ‘five times faster’ to meet Net Zero targets, report warns
Analysis of public building energy usage appears to find government risks missing its 75% CO2 emission reduction target – by 101 years.
The UK government...
DNO spearheads “world-first” smart transformer trial
Billed as a world-first smart transformer trial, UK Power Network’s Project Stratus will see smart electricity transformers installed within existing substations at Uckfield and New...
Comment: Government can easily avoid a costly legal battle on energy efficiency
Responding to the news that Greenpeace is exploring legal action over the likelihood that the Government will miss its energy efficiency-related target to lift millions...
Europe’s largest battery to connect to transmission network goes live
Owner and operator of the 100MW battery, Zenobē, announced the system - in Capenhurst, Chester - had gone live on 11 February, describing it...
Insulation manufacturer calls for an industry code of practice
New research seems to reveal that more than half of UK surveyors are unfamiliar with spray foam insulation and have a limited understanding of...
£1 million grant for novel hydro energy storage system
BEIS-funded research project to identify and test minerals and discarded wastes for use in RheEnergise’s grid scale hydro energy storage system
In partnership with the...
EU 2019/1781 implications for motors and drives efficiency
What the second stage of EU 2019/1781 means for machine builders. Comment from industrial drives specialist Technidrive.
By now, engineers and machine builders will be...
Comment: Massive IoT enables massive opportunities for utilities
Massive IoT, alias massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC), is already impacting multiple industries. From fleet management to environmental monitoring and smart grid management, to consumer...
Majority of Welsh homes ‘leaking money’ through poor insulation
New report shows gap in support to improve energy efficiency and keep bills down
The majority of people in Wales are living in energy inefficient...
Edinburgh firm receives £5m for large-scale battery
StorTera, an Edinburgh based developer of intelligent energy storage solutions, has secured £5 million of funding from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) to...
Oxford energy management start-up raises close to £1m
Tech start-up EcoSync has raised close to £1 million in its second seed funding round.
The firm's energy solution, developed by Oxford University engineers, is...
There can be no net zero without energy storage, CEO tells Glasgow conference
Mark Wilson, CEO of Intelligent Land Investments, told a conference of the British Hydropower Association in Glasgow on 24 November that while the current energy...
