Provisions in the EU’s Clean Energy Package, which enters into force today and will be adopted by the UK because Brexit has not yet taken effect, has driven diesel plant out of future Capacity Market auctions, along with other high…
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Green Star pays £350k for customer service failings
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Green Star Energy is to make payments totalling £350,000 in recompense for failings towards its customers in the rental market. The supplier failed to update its records and issue welcome packs to 1,829 new tenants. This left tenants on deemed…
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EAC to scrutinise government over plans for ‘net zero’ to see whether it practices what it preaches on managing the estate
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The Environmental Audit Committee has launched a new inquiry into the sustainability of the government’s estate and procurement processes and what action it needs to take to achieve its net zero emissions target by 2050 or sooner. MPs will examine how…
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National Trust to divest £40 million in fossil fuel assets
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The National Trust is reforming its investment strategy and will divest from fossil fuel assets, which currently represent 4% of its £1 billion stock market portfolio. Previously the Trust had required that no investment be made directly in companies which derived…
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LPG suppliers to switch to bio-version – but the change will take two decades
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The UK’s LPG users will move to a bioLPG alternative, suppliers have promused. But the switch will not be complete for over two decades. Around two million ]homes in the UK rely on off-grid fuel sources, and so do thousands…
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Rolls-Royce joins with Getec to install decentralised energy systems
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Rolls-Royce and Getec, the German decentralised heat, power and cold contracting and energy services company, have signed a cooperation agreement. The aim is to supply and operate decentralised energy systems such as CHP plants and on and off-grid microgrid solutions, as well as other…
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Open Networks consults on DSO flexibility markets
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Ease of access is the key to new flexibility markets, the Energy Networks Association said, launchung a new consultation on flexibility services from the Open Neyworks project. The consultation seeks views on how the six steps in the Flexibility Commitment can be…
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Flexitricity harnesses small sites to get DSR benefits
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Flexitricity has partnered with eight organisations across a range of sectors to trial an innovative demand side response (DSR) solution. The Quickturn project, funded by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), aims to provide an opportunity for smaller…
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OPINION: A trillion pounds? It’s a winning transition
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Matthew Bell, director at Frontier Economics and ex chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change (to 2017), takes a closer look at HM Treasury’s view of a net zero target On 2 May, the UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC),…