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Companies and organisations in the UK are developing a growing appetite for renewables PPA structures, but still face obstacles including the perception of renewable projects and unprepared procurement teams.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has demanded that the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) commits to greater transparency over energy bills and an annual report detailing green levy costs.

The UK’s energy sector needs start-up utilities to help prevent larger suppliers and energy companies from stagnating, a panel has heard.

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.

Keeping energy costs low for businesses while securing the economic benefits of transitioning to a low carbon economy will form one of the central tenets of the government’s new industrial strategy, expected to be published in full today (23 January 2017).

The Natural History Museum is celebrating racking up more than £11 million in savings by adopting various on-site energy generation technologies.

The government’s upcoming Carbon Plan should include a specific strategy for promoting microgeneration, efficiency, storage and demand response across the UK small business community, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

A year-long research project is underway at Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms which aims to understand and reduce the historic building’s energy consumption.