The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said that a replacement for the Zero Carbon Homes initiative, effectively scrapped by the government in July, is one of two “main concerns” for the Committee alongside the development of electric vehicles.
The Conservative government’s move to close the Green Deal, although disappointing, should not come as a shock to the industry, according to energy solutions’ distributor Rexel.
The government will no longer provide any further funding to the Green Deal Finance Company, stopping any new Green Deal Loans and Green Deal Home Improvement funds.
The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) and the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) are reportedly in line for cuts in the upcoming autumn spending review.
There are now over 14,000 Green Deal plans and applications worth a total of £50.3 million, according to figures published by the Green Deal Finance Company (GDFC).
More than 1.1 million properties benefited from the installation of energy efficiency measures in February 2015, according to the latest statistics released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
UK homeowners applied for £2.5 million worth of support for energy improvement measures under the Green Deal in a record week for the Green Deal Finance Company (GDFC).
APC Technology Group launched a new group of sustainability businesses called Minimise Group. The group will also include a subsidiary dedicated to renewable energy generation, Minimise Generation.