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.

Independent electricity supplier Tempus Energy has closed its supply division less than a year after securing nearly £4 million of funding to support expansion plans, Clean Energy News can reveal.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Energy has launched an extension of the electric vehicle plug-in van grant, incorporating larger vehicles than before.