Falling costs of solar PV and electric vehicles (EVs) could curtail new demand for coal and oil as early as 2020, according to a new report by the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London and the Carbon Tracker Initiative.
Claimants of Northern Ireland’s non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) remain safe from being named publicly ahead of a hearing, a high court has ruled.
Thousands of UK businesses could save at least £20,000 a year by helping National Grid balance supply and demand, according to SmartestEnergy, which is currently bidding to provide 100MW of demand side response (DSR) in the capacity market.
Energy suppliers will make significant savings from the government’s new energy company obligation (ECO) according to the final response published earlier this week.
Climate change minister Nick Hurd has reasserted the government’s commitment to business sustainability after it was called into question in the House of Commons.
Monitoring energy use, identifying low cost measures and cost-effective investment have been identified by Utilitywise as the three steps needed for businesses to make big savings on their energy bills.
M&G Real Estate has announced plans to install what it says will be the UK’s largest shopping centre solar installation on the roof of The Galleries shopping centre in Washington, Tyne and Wear.
