Trustees to be responsible for ensuring the Green Investment Bank (GIB) remains permanently required to invest exclusively in green infrastructure projects have been nominated as the institution continues to move closer to privatisation.

Energy company Tesla has revealed that it began to ship an updated version of its commercial battery storage solution last month, featuring doubled energy density.

Ecotricity, the green energy supplier founded by Dale Vince, has sparked rumours of a possible takeover bid for rival supplier Good Energy after acquiring a significant stake in the company.

A letter signed by over 20 organisations has put pressure on energy and intellectual property minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe to retain solar thermal within the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), as the industry continues to wait for the government’s decision.

Knauf Insulation has reported significant progress towards its 2020 sustainability targets after seeing its energy use and emissions fall by 17.5% and 16.4% respectively since 2010.

Businesses around the world are set to deliver just a quarter of the emissions reductions required of them to meet the Paris Agreement limiting global warming to under 2°C, according to a report from a global carbon monitoring initiative.

The Green Investment Bank has agreed to part-fund a streetlight conversion programme for Kent County Council which will see 120,000 traditional streetlights replaced with more efficient alternatives.

Clean Energy News talks to Robert Owens, vice president of demand side management at SmartestEnergy, about demand side response, alternatives to the aborted DSBR tender and how DSR approaches can help alleviate any potential bill increases as a result of P272.

National Grid’s demand side balance reserve (DSBR) programme was too “blunt” and disruptive for consumers to be an attractive proposition, Open Energi’s David Hill has said.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has relented after coming under significant pressure following its surprise cut to support for biomass-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) installations earlier this year.