Government figures have shown the majority of firms using the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) would not have installed renewable heat technology without the support scheme.
Both forms of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme are to be closed in Northern Ireland after the government admitted it had already overspent through its commitments to existing installations.
Sadiq Khan has pledged to set up a not-for-profit organisation that would bring together community energy groups and commercial premises able to accommodate new solar developments.
Companies signed up to the Energy Savings Obligation Scheme (ESOS) stand to save an average of over £1 million per year according to the National Energy Foundation (NEF).
The UK government has responded to criticism and announced that a special share will be created within the UK Green Investment Bank as it moves into private ownership.
Funds from the Green Investment Bank (GIB) are to be used by an NHS Trust to improve the energy efficiency of Salford Royal, potentially saving the hospital around £2 million off its annual energy bill.
Over four hundred firms under the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) energy efficiency scheme are to be refunded some of the value of their purchased allowances after an administrative error meant they were overcharged.
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.
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.
