Heineken has reduced its carbon emissions despite an increase of 52% in its production volumes since 2008, according to the company’s first report to combine sustainability and financial performance.

Lidl Ireland has become a verified member of the Irish food board’s Origin Green sustainability programme, adopting a range of new environmental targets across its operations.

Nominations for the Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 are now open, and the commercial rooftop PV award returns once again as the ceremony enters its fifth successive year.

Centrica has begun its recruitment drive for businesses and homes wishing to participate in its local energy market trial in Cornwall.

UK electric vehicle (EV) charge point supplier POD Point has launched a new crowdfunding round to raise the final £1.5 million needed to meet its £9 million target after securing investment from a range of sources.

The UK government must act urgently to support greater flexibility in the country’s power system or risk escalating system costs, the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) has warned.

The Sunshine tariff project testing the ability of time of use (ToU) tariffs to promote domestic demand side response (DSR) has been completed with mixed results, suggesting homeowners are not able to shift enough demand to offset the need for grid upgrades.

Centrica has launched a new venture – ‘Centrica Innovations’ – which is to invest £100 million in developing new energy technologies.