Businesses that are proactive in pursuing energy savings could recoup the initial cost of complying with the new Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) regulations, according to property and energy agency, Savills Energy.
The European Parliament has endorsed proposals to limit the amount of crop-based biofuels used in transport to 7%, down from the current 10% by 2020 target.
The Liberal Democrats are aiming to stimulate at least £100 billion of private investment in the UK’s renewable energy infrastructure and want a third of the UK’s energy demand to be met from renewable sources by 2020.
The unforeseen dramatic drop in oil price has dented the business case for renewables, according to Nancy Hobhouse, Carbon Plan manager at John Lewis Partnership.
The Labour Party is aiming to create one million additional “green jobs” and establish the UK as a “world leader” in low carbon technologies over the next decade.
Almost 60% of companies who will be liable to take part in the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) have not started work on the required assessment, according to a new survey.
More than 25,000 households have received payments from the domestic renewable heat incentive (RHI) since it was launched in April 2014, according to the government’s latest figures.
More than 70% of UK homeowners can’t name a renewable heat technology, according to a survey of 1,000 homeowners across England and Wales by the Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors (APHC).
