Businesses to pay millions for electricity not used since March – Co-op boss

23rd November 2020 | Commercial Energy

Hundreds of businesses may be forced to pay millions of pounds for electricity they have not used since March due to being “blindsided” by energy usage agreements, the boss of the Co-op has warned. Steve Murrells, chief executive of the group, made the comments as new data from the Co-op power energy buying group revealed…Read more

UK joins race to be hydrogen world leader

23rd November 2020 | Commercial Energy

Despite its potential role in energy transition and economic recovery, hydrogen is several years from achieving its potential, S&P Global Rating’s Infrastructure and Utilities conference learned. The virtual conference heard that despite country-level commitments to ramp up production – market uncertainty, high production costs and the need for new infrastructure are holding back progress. Experts…Read more

Gas boilers to be banned in London from 2028 and replaced with 80,000 heat pumps

19th November 2020 | Residential Energy

The new Government “green industrial revolution” will see gas boilers banned and all new homes in London fitted with ground and water heat pumps to help tackle climate change. This will total around 80,000 per year in London by 2028. “Boris is really going for it, first cars and now boilers – basically you are…Read more

Electric cars a dreadful way to save the planet

18th November 2020 | Commercial Energy

In a move to burnish Britain’s green credentials, Boris Johnson is to announce a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030. He is following other political leaders, including Joe Biden, in promising lavish carrots to energise the market for electric cars along with sticks to outlaw petrol cars. Unfortunately, electric…Read more

Increase in burning of plastic ‘driving up emissions from waste disposal’

16th November 2020 | Recycling

Carbon emissions from waste disposal are increasing because of the expansion of energy-from-waste incineration plants, a coalition of campaigners has warned. By 2030 the government’s push to increase incineration of waste will increase CO2 emissions by 10m tonnes a year, mostly from the burning of plastics, the groups said. They argue that the growth in…Read more

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