Green Finance Institute assembles businesses for zero-carbon heat taskforce

17th September 2020 | Commercial Energy

The Green Finance Institute has convened representatives of dozens of businesses alongside experts from local authorities, policy and science for a new taskforce tasked with decarbonising heating systems in the UK. Launched in recognition of the fact that heating and hot water for homes account for almost two-fifths of the UK’s annual energy consumption and…Read more

Major energy revolution is visible on the horizon

17th September 2020 | Commercial Energy

The transformation of the Danish green energy company, Ørsted, from its roots in oil and gas and coal-fired power generation to a company that today aims to be carbon neutral by 2025, both in its own operations and in the energy it generates, is amazing by any standards. As Duncan Clark who heads up Ørsted…Read more

Bulb Energy to raise price for electricity

16th September 2020 | Residential Energy

Bulb Energy Ltd announced on 14 September 2020 to raise the price for its electricity supply to the British consumers. The energy supplier would charge an additional £53 per year to its consumers from October 2020. The company said that the decision to increase the price was due to a recent up scaling of wholesale…Read more

Research funding aims to address 500,000 tonnes of electrical waste lost each year

14th September 2020 | Recycling

Material Focus’s report, “Electrical Waste: Challenges and Opportunities” identified that in the UK currently, 500,000 tonnes of waste electricals are lost through being thrown away, hoarded, stolen or illegally exported. A range of innovative research proposals and solutions are being considered as part of the research funding to help support the growth of recycling and…Read more

Environmental group calls for the UK to end biomass subsidies

11th September 2020 | Commercial Energy

Currently, the UK spends almost £1.5bn on subsidies to biomass plants. The Cut Carbon Not Forests Coalition is urging Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee to consider the impact that these subsidies are having on biodiversity loss. According to the coalition, not only do these subsidies degrade sensitive overseas forests, but they also exceed the UK’s total…Read more

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