Almost a quarter of UK universities are expected to miss the higher education (HE) sector’s carbon reduction targets for 2020 according to People and Planet, which has blamed the removal of government and funding council support for ‘dwindling’ performance.

Every organisation is concerned with the efficient usage of energy and in turn, the direct benefits that efficiency optimisation can deliver. In order to realise the cost savings associated with more efficient energy usage, the measurement of electrical power has become an increasingly critical element of any energy performance improvement project.

Hampshire County Council has saved almost £3 million from a series of energy efficiency initiatives, cutting its carbon emissions by more than a third in the process.

UK energy supplier GB Energy Supply has ceased trading, blaming “swift and significant” increases in energy prices over recent months.

Bentley Motors has been given the green light to construct a 3MW solar carport at its manufacturing facility in Cheshire, which would become the UK’s largest when finished.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has handed businesses seeking to adopt electric vehicles a new tax break as part of today’s Autumn Statement with a 100% first-year allowance (FYA) for expenditure on electric charge points.

All the latest reaction and insight to chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement, delivered this afternoon.

The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is seeking views on how to drastically change the consumption of heat and energy in non-domestic properties after uncovering potential savings of £1.3 billion a year from private sector initiatives.

Low carbon transport body Cenex has launched a technology demonstration trial of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems in three major European cities.

The average business investment in energy efficiency projects has increased more than five-fold since the first three months of the year, a surge which could be attributable to Brexit and fears over increasing equipment costs.