There’s little more than a month until chancellor George Osborne’s next budget, and with it the release of much anticipated reforms of how businesses report carbon emissions and energy efficiency.
The Committee on Climate Change has said that a lack of data on business energy efficiency measures is contributing towards the “big challenge” surrounding it.
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.
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.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has awarded 24 UK businesses electricity demand reduction (EDR) pilot contracts, totalling £4.7 million in support.
