Non-domestic electricity prices in the UK have levelled off in the UK, standing at 10.45p/kWh for an average-sized business after rising marginally in Q1, DECC statistics have revealed.
North Star Solar is set to deliver a new solar battery storage pilot scheme in four London boroughs as it tests battery combinations across 40 council homes.
A member of the Committee on Climate Change has called on the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to use the Housing and Planning Bill to build towards European standards for low energy consumption, due to come into force at the end of 2020.
Compensation for energy intensive industries (EIIs) in the UK for renewables subsidies has cleared state aid, potentially saving such businesses hundreds of millions of pounds.
Criticism of the government’s planned sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) has continued to build after its own environment watchdog warned that privatisation should not go ahead unless the bank’s green remit can be protected.
An international coalition of academic and industrial partners has been formed to create new ways to save operational energy costs and reduce the gap between predicted and actual energy performance in buildings.
Energy efficiency and demand-side reduction (DSR) are subjects “not well represented” within the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) thinking, a report published by the ECC select committee has found.
Energy suppliers have been given more time by the government to roll out smart metering on smaller non-domestic sites after around two-thirds of responses to a consultation opposed the government’s plans to retain the end-date in April 2016.
Applications to the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) remained steady in November compared to the previous month but well below the those recorded in the same period last year according to the latest figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
