Companies signed up to the Energy Savings Obligation Scheme (ESOS) stand to save an average of over £1 million per year according to the National Energy Foundation (NEF).
December’s COP21 climate agreement in Paris is driving increasing demand in commercial rooftop solar installations despite a fall in feed-in tariff payments, a conference panel has said.
The UK government has responded to criticism and announced that a special share will be created within the UK Green Investment Bank as it moves into private ownership.
Funds from the Green Investment Bank (GIB) are to be used by an NHS Trust to improve the energy efficiency of Salford Royal, potentially saving the hospital around £2 million off its annual energy bill.
Over four hundred firms under the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) energy efficiency scheme are to be refunded some of the value of their purchased allowances after an administrative error meant they were overcharged.
Thousands of UK firms have missed the final deadline for compliance with the government’s mandatory energy efficiency scheme ESOS despite a final surge in notifications.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has awarded 24 UK businesses electricity demand reduction (EDR) pilot contracts, totalling £4.7 million in support.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intends to invest in the use of energy efficiency techniques and renewables generation after deeming it an “operational imperative”.
Firms across all sectors have until the end of the day to fall in line with the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), or face the prospect of enforcement action.
