The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced that it has opened a second phase of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) with an extra £100 million of funding.
The rise of solar, electric vehicles and energy storage could enact a step change in the energy market which could undermine utilities, according to Gerard Reid, founder and managing partner of Alexa Capital.
The government will push ahead with controversial plans to allow oil exploration firms to drill under properties without the owners permission following consultation.
At the UN Climate Summit in New York yesterday, UK prime minister, David Cameron stated the UK is investing in fracking and nuclear energy and a global deal must be agreed in Paris 2015.
