Energy efficiency

IEA: Golden age of gas is nearing an end

Sunak scrapped insulation targets to avoid landlord exodus

55 heat network projects win funding for upgrades

Government urged to bring forward decision on hydrogen

£1bn insulation scheme opens to public

Energy crisis forces firms to shelve net zero plans

Almost half of energy-related businesses have delayed or cut investment in their sustainability and net zero plans due to the impact of the energy crisis. According to research published by Schneider Electric, 80% of energy firms in the UK and Ireland expect the energy crisis will impact their ability to meet emission reduction targets, with 49% admitting that net zero investment has already been delayed or cut.

NHS warm homes trial boosts appetite for energy efficiency

Concerns raised about supplier insultation scheme targets

Overcoming barriers to low-carbon heat at a local level

Has the boiler upgrade scheme hit a ceiling?

Energy efficiency taskforce chair quits after bank scandal

Dame Alison Rose has quit as co-chair of the government’s national Energy Efficiency Taskforce after resigning as group chief executive of Natwest. Rose quit her position at Natwest after admitting that she had revealed personal financial information about former UKIP leader Nigel Farage to the BBC. Energy security and net zero secretary of state Grant Shapps subsequently asked Rose to step down from her role leading the taskforce.

Labour spending boost to benefit community power projects

Transport, school buildings and community power projects are some of the areas that could benefit from Labour’s plans to increase net zero investment, Ed Miliband has revealed. The shadow energy secretary of state outlined how the opposition plans to spend its plans to boost net zero investment to £28 billion during the next Parliament, at a net zero conference in London this week.

ECO scheme ‘beginning to fail’

Heat pump training grants to tackle skills shortage

Broadening of industrial energy saving scheme mooted

Firms benefiting from the government’s flagship industrial decarbonisation scheme could be broadened out to include new sectors such as horticulture. The changes will feed into the third phase of the IETF, which provides grants to industries wanting to reduce their carbon footprint by investing in more energy efficient equipment.