Disappointment as Sunak scraps home energy efficiency taskforce
A taskforce to speed up home insulation and boiler upgrades has been disbanded it has been revealed.
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Energy discounts for customers who support local wind farms: A new initiative to benefit SMEs
In a revolutionary move set to benefit small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK, energy customers are now being offered discounts if they back local wind farms.
Sunak waters down net zero pledges with gas and oil boilers to be allowed even after 2035
A delay to the ban on gas boilers is set to be announced by the Government, according to reports.
Former rubbish dump in Essex becomes UK’s third largest solar farm
The largest solar farm in Europe to be built on a closed landfill site has begun generating renewable electricity from a former rubbish dump in Essex.
No bids for offshore wind in government auction dealing critical blow to UK strategy
No new offshore wind project contracts have been bought by developers at a key government auction, dealing a blow to the UK’s renewable power strategy.
Rishi Sunak ‘poised to allow councils to give go-ahead to onshore windfarms
Rishi Sunak is reportedly planning to revoke the ban on building new onshore windfarms in order to head off a row with Conservative MPs for the second time.
ScottishPower racks up 1,000th heat pump installation of the year
Leading renewable energy company ScottishPower is quickening the pace to decarbonise homes in the UK having installed one thousand heat pumps this year so far.
Jaguar to repurpose used EV batteries for Northamptonshire energy storage system
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Wykes Engineering are teaming up to develop what they claim will be one of the UK’s largest energy storage systems made from old electric car batteries.
UK homes install ‘record number’ of solar panels and heat pumps in first half of 2023
A remarkable surge in green energy upgrades can be seen in UK households, setting new records in the installation of solar panels and heat pumps in the first six months of 2023, as per the industry’s official standards body.
UK Sets New Records for Heat Pump and Solar Panel Installations
The UK is experiencing a surge in the adoption of renewable energy technologies, with a significant rise in heat pump and solar panel installations compared to previous years.