The Irish Republic’s long-awaited climate change national mitigation plan has been panned by environmental organisations and opposition parties for its lack of ambition and the absence of meaningful targets.
Siemens and AES have agreed to form a global energy-storage technology and services company under the name Fluence. It will combine the AES Advancion and Siemens Siestorage energy storage platforms.
Foresight Group is launching a smart bonds fund to invest in the UK rollout of smart meters. The funds raised will generate returns by lending to companies that own, operate and rent installed smart meters to UK energy suppliers.
Ofgem has confirmed that the timetable for implementing a database of disengaged energy customers has been pushed back.
The latest Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) report into the Province’s botched non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme shows that during the financial year 2016/17, the Department for the Economy and the Northern Ireland Executive had to
Many homebuyers would be able to take out a larger mortgage if the property’s energy performance rating was factored into the lending criteria of mortgage providers, according to the latest research.
Npower has announced plans to link with German insurance giant Allianz to provide home insurance and services.
The Scottish Government has given Vattenfall consent for its proposed 170MW South Kyle wind farm in East Ayrshire and Galloway.
It set a five-year deadline for the commencement of development in its decision letter.
Work is expected to start next year on a major offshore wind farm in the Firth of Forth, after RSPB Scotland was denied permission to appeal against an earlier go-ahead.
Research by Arup for ScottishPower Renewables suggests that onshore wind would become the lowest-cost form of new energy generated in the UK if it were included in the existing Contract for Difference (CfD) mechanism.