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A new report released today outlines significant cost savings for the UK electricity system, should the potential for energy storage be realised. The impact of which could deliver savings of up to £50 a year on an average consumer energy bill through a system wide saving of up to £2.4bn a year by 2030.
Manufacturers’ claims about the expected energy efficiency performance of equipment are not fully trusted by their customers. This was a key finding from new research released today by the Carbon Trust, which reveals that just 5 percent of professionals with responsibility for procuring energy consuming equipment for their organisations are very confident in the energy saving claims made by manufacturers, with a quarter (24%) not confident at all.
Renewables has come out top of a new poll that asked people in Scotland which energy source the next Scottish Government should prioritise.
Government innovation spending could deliver a world-leading energy system – if £500 million of allocated funds are targeted correctly, a new paper from industry body Scottish Renewables has said.
One of the UK’s award winning renewable energy companies has been awarded a contract to provide almost 2,000 homes with solar PV on behalf of Havebury Housing Partnership in Suffolk.
Bristol City Council is offering loans of up to £10,000 to community energy groups for sustainable energy projects in their area.
With each winter seeming wetter, colder and longer, many consumers are left feeling not only cold but completely skint. No wonder so many of us are considering new and advanced ways to not only stay warm but also save on our energy bills though most households simply suffer the cold in order to save, but there is a solution: Biomass Boiler systems.
Perth-based hydro firm Green Highland Renewables is about to start work on a significant new hydro scheme at Loch Eilde Mor, in the hills above Kinlochleven.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson today launched London’s first Boiler Cashback Scheme, which will offer £400 to help home owners and landlords replace their old boilers with new high energy efficient models.
TEAM’s RHI Industry Expert Justine Grant explains why she believes the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme is crucial to the UK’s long-term decarbonisation efforts.
Now Britain’s hydro energy industry will ‘all but disappear’ by the end of the decade, says Mark Mathieson, Chief Executive Officer of Perth-based Green Highland Renewables.
The chief of the UK’s Electricity Storage Network (ESN) has this week called on the Government to clearly define the storage sector insisting the technologies are proven and the demand is evident.
One of the North East’s leading solar PV specialists – Saving Energy Renewables North East – has been awarded the tender to install a 224kw commercial solar system by Arch, The Northumberland Development Company.
The demand for renewable electricity in Europe, documented with Guarantees of Origin (GO), continued to grow in 2015. The growth is up more than 8% from 2014 and surpassed 340 TWh.
The number of Scottish businesses generating their own locally-generated renewable energy doubled in 2015, according to analysis of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) deployment data by Raggnar, the renewable energy provider.
The NHS is in a state of dismay. Junior doctors have gone on strike in a dispute with health secretary Jeremy Hunt over their contract. Members of the Conservative Party are hoping to remove ring-fenced funding dedicated to the NHS. And patients are being abandoned in hospital waiting rooms for hours before being seen.
After facing the “wettest December” on record, many people have been left feeling chilly in their homes. As well as the cold and cruel winter persisting, looking very much like it’s not going to turn in to any tropical paradise any time soon, most of us have been left bankrupt after the traditionally expensive festive period. With expenses lurking in the background, the last thing anyone wants to do is pay an expensive heating bill. Why not cut your costs in the long run by considering a new heating system? I know exactly what you’re thinking. With these bills seeming almost unaffordable, it might seem crazy of me to suggest that you just chip in and upgrade your boiler. However, there are economic initiatives that you could be eligible for, plus the Scottish Government used to offer funding every year through a scheme, however due to budget cuts the HEEPs cashback scheme has not been stopped. With an apparent continuing economic crisis, now is the perfect time to upgrade your boiler, thus saving on your bills in the long run and having that left over money to spend on anything your heart so desires.
Renewables generated very nearly as much electricity as nuclear sources during 2015, prompting the continued fall in power supply from coal-fired power stations, according to the latest analysis by industry specialists EnAppSys.
Official figures have shown Scotland’s renewables industry is now the country’s principal source of electricity.
Leading renewable energy firm BayWa r.e. has sold the Aston Clinton solar park in England to CEE, an associated company from Hamburg. BayWa r.e. will take over the technical operations management of the 24MW park.
The EU-wide binding 2030 renewables target will not be delivered unless it is backed-up by an monitoring and enforcement mechanism that acts as a guarantor for the agreement, according to the House of Lords EU Committee which today published its report on EU energy governance.
The Government appears to have reacted to the huge wave of national support for the renewable energy industry and backed down from proposals to implement massive cuts to the Feed-in Tariff.
The Government has provided some Christmas cheer to the renewable energy industry after confirming cuts to the Feed-in Tariff will be less than first feared.
Energy regulator Ofgem has found that generators Adret and Berangere provided inaccurate information when applying to prequalify their diesel-fuelled generating units for the first Capacity Auction in 2014.