Renewables cut Europe’s carbon emissions by 10% in 2015, says EEA report
Increasing use of renewables is translating directly into cuts in fossil fuel consumption in Europe, according to a report released on 4 April by...
Public sector can slash its energy bill by looking at lighting, and new courses...
The UK’s public sector is being encouraged to follow in the footsteps of organisations that have seen the light on inefficient lighting as efforts...
Living walls can reduce heat lost from buildings by over 30%, says study
Retrofitting an existing masonry-cavity-walled building with a green or living wall can reduce the amount of heat lost through its structure by more than...
Industry hails strategy for modern digitalised energy system
On 13 June Energy Systems Catapult published a new report by the Energy Data Taskforce which calls for a single data repository on all...
Renewable energy event picks up business award
All-Energy 2019 – the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference – and Glasgow’s Scottish Event Campus (SEC) have been awarded Best Business Event...
Unlocking the energy potential of Scotland’s parks
Research published on 24 February by social enterprise greenspace scotland appears to reveal how the untapped energy potential from Scotland’s parks and green spaces...
Even if it ain’t broke, you still oughta fix it
Making FMCG manufacturing more sustainable using intelligent energy management. By Patricia Torres, Industry Marketing Manager Food and Commodities Solutions, OMRON Industrial Automation Europe
Some factory...
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...
Spiralling energy costs and climate change spur major revision of international standard for energy...
• Landmark international energy standard, ISO 50001, revised for the first time since 2011 to reflect current industry insight
• BSI’s Head of Sustainability...
UK’s largest battery ready to help balance the grid
Edinburgh based Flexitricity is optimising the Gresham House c.50MW / 75MWh battery, located in Thurcroft, South Yorkshire, generating revenue for the site while helping...
New monster campaign aims to take a bite out of businesses’ overheads
Resource Efficient Scotland, a programme of Scottish Government-backed Zero Waste Scotland, has launched a new campaign to help organisations beat the monsters that are...
£14 million awarded to use digital technology to drive energy efficiency, productivity and growth...
3D printing at record scale, AI to make steelmaking more productive and using big data to make century-old baking machinery more efficient are among...
Business energy users: don’t miss your chance to apply for decarbonisation funding
In January, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) opened applications for Phase 3 of its Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF). Aiming...
Finding the sweet spot for energy storage systems
Michael Lippert, marketing and business development manager for energy storage at Saft, explains how to find the optimum sized megawatt-scale Li-ion Energy Storage System...
Scottish street lighting programme in the spotlight
A Scottish LED street lighting replacement programme, forecast to deliver electricity and maintenance cost savings of £1.2bn over the next 20 years whilst saving...
April event in Berlin to discuss EV charging infrastructure conundrum
Franco Gonzalez, Principal Analyst at IDTechEx discusses some of the themes to be dealt with at the firm's forthcoming event
Energy storage reform needed to meet net-zero, says report
Price floor should fill gap in ‘fragmented’ market
Report funded by Scottish Renewables, the British Hydropower Association, Buccleuch, CCSQ, Drax Group, Intelligent Land...
UK to adopt 200MW of energy storage assets to stabilise the grid
Due to the increasing share of renewables in Britain’s generation mix, National Grid will contract 200MW of energy storage assets to stabilise the grid...
Rewarding households for flexible energy use could transform energy systems
Analysis conducted by energy consultancy Cornwall Insight appears to show the potential of rewarding consumers for embracing energy-efficient behaviours.
Launched at this year’s Distributed Energy...
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...
