Thousands of UK firms have missed the final deadline for compliance with the government’s mandatory energy efficiency scheme ESOS despite a final surge in notifications.

The soaring adoption of electric vehicles promises to be a “game changer” for storage networks, Alexa Capital chief executive Gerard Reid has claimed.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has awarded 24 UK businesses electricity demand reduction (EDR) pilot contracts, totalling £4.7 million in support.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intends to invest in the use of energy efficiency techniques and renewables generation after deeming it an “operational imperative”.

Firms across all sectors have until the end of the day to fall in line with the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), or face the prospect of enforcement action.

Northumbria University is set to benefit from lower electricity bills and a new income of funds following the completion of its second solar panel installation.

The UK government has continued to build support behind electric vehicles after announcing £40 million in funding for UK cities around the country to develop new infrastructure for ultra low emission vehicles.

The latest edition of EEVS Insight and Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s energy efficiency trends report has shown record levels of interest in efficiency works by UK businesses.

With more than 85 manufacturing facilities around the world and a target of being ‘net zero energy’ by 2020, the Kingspan group of companies has its work cut out. A switch of lighting systems at one facility however helped it save 91% of its annual lighting costs.

At least one in four small and medium-sized firms have reduced their production costs through efficiency measures according to a new survey from the European Commission.