RenewableUK’s executive director of policy Ana Musat has called on the UK Government to compete with the US Inflation Reduction Act by creating an “attractive policy and regulatory environment” for potential investors and developers.
An independent evaluation of the UK government’s Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme (GHGVS) has found that around 19% of a possible 600,000 properties made applications for the initiative.
Water and wastewater regulator Ofwat has launched its £4 million Water Discovery Challenge calling on support from a range of sectors, including energy, to innovate within the water industry.
At the start of the week, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) “named and shamed” a number of energy companies that had the lowest voucher redemption rates for the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS).
A consortium headed by Fuuse has received nearly £200,000 in grant funding from the UK government to support the development of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology.
The Welsh Government has launched its first public consultation on a target to deliver 100% of its electricity needs from green energy by 2035 with an extra proposal to target at least 1.5GW of renewable capacity from local sources, excluding heat pumps.
The UK Government has called on Good Energy, Utilita and Scottish Power to increase Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) voucher redemptions to ensure customers with prepayment meters are able to redeem £400 in support on energy bills.
Business and Energy Secretary Grant Shapps has called on energy suppliers to stop force fitting prepayment meters with many doing “nowhere near enough” to support vulnerable customers.
Kaluza, Volkswagen, OVO Energy and Indra have launched a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) bidirectional charging programme aiming to further develop business models.
