Energy-efficiency specialist Anesco has joined forces with low-carbon energy generation and storage company Green Hedge Energy UK to introduce Green Hedge’s ‘energy barns’ – which use lithium-ion batteries – at four sites in England.
Small businesses in the UK are concerned about energy security and believe the UK should be more self-sufficient, according to a report from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
The Scottish Government has launched a 12-week consultation on the long-term framework for the devolved management of the Crown Estate in Scotland.
Statoil has agreed to divest 25% of its assets in Hywind Scotland pilot park, the world’s first floating windfarm, to Masdar.
Dong Energy has entered into a long-term contract to provide O&M services to the Lincs offshore windfarm.
Green Energy UK has launched a variable tariff for residential electricity customers, saying it will give customers more control over their energy bills.
Mendip Green Party is offering a one-off payment for customers switching from any supplier using nuclear energy to Ecotricity or Good Energy. It has promised £20 to customers who switch a single fuel and £40 for a dual-fuel switch.
The environmental regulator for Wales has refused an application for an environmental permit for a new hydropower scheme proposed by RWE Innogy UK in the Conwy Valley in North Wales.
Transmission company EirGrid has been given the green light by An Bord Plaeanala for the Irish section of the North South Interconnector, the project designed to link the power grids on both sides of the border between the Republic and Northern Ir
Greenstone Finance and Aurium Capital Markets have bought the business and assets of the Green Deal Finance Company (GDFC), the body set up to manage the government’s home energy efficiency scheme.
A public inquiry into Northern Ireland’s botched green energy scheme has been agreed by the province’s political parties.