A leaked European Union document has revealed that the European Commission plans to unveil a raft of new measures to help member states meet energy efficiency targets next year.
Energy storage could have saved Britain from some of the economic and environmental impact of National Grid’s shortfall in energy capacity during Wednesday’s evening peak, according to one industry expert.
The Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE) has said the UK should take inspiration from the United States if it is to introduce effective energy efficiency policies.
The Green Deal had “run its course” and mention of it had become “toxic” by the time it was culled by the government, an energy and climate change select committee heard this morning.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change should be looking at programmes that have been successful in the past in order to put together successful policies now, an evidence session at the ECC select committee has heard.
The UK foreign secretary Philip Hammond has lauded the effects of a decarbonised world economy and its impacts on innovation, jobs and growth during a speech on climate change in the United Arab Emirates.
The Royal Academy of Engineering has warned that the UK must make more progress towards restructuring its energy system, and said further benefits will “only be harder” to come across.
The UK and Chinese governments have built upon energy efficiency-related trade deals announced last week by forming what they have labelled a clean energy partnership.
