The commitments UK and international businesses make to reduce their carbon footprints will be “crucial” to the success of last Saturday’s COP21 summit, energy secretary Amber Rudd has said.
Ex-energy secretary Ed Davey and former energy minister Lord Barker have admitted to failures in the formation of the Green Deal, but stressed there is still a place for a pay as you save efficiency scheme in the UK.
Energy utilities are increasingly diversifying their business models and transitioning towards service companies, Quby’s chief commercial officer Ronald Carpentier has said.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change is to table a paper “shortly” which will set out how the department could remove barriers currently preventing storage and DSR technologies from taking off.
Constant upheaval of energy efficiency policies at a government level confuse customers and has left them with little confidence in incentive schemes, a select committee hearing has been told.
The UK’s energy security downgrade by the World Energy Council (WEC) has highlighted the need for far greater adoption of efficiency measures and reduced energy wastage, the Renewable Energy Association has warned.
Scotland’s energy minister Fergus Ewing has accused the UK government of complacency a week after National Grid was forced to issue an urgent request for more electricity.
