The BRE National Solar Centre, in St Austel, has been launched. It will offer training services and conduct research thereby ‘playing a pivotal role in making Britain a global competitor in the solar industries’. Launched by Greg Barker, Minister for Energy &...
Although it’s early days yet for the government’s Green Deal initiative, Sky News has reported that ‘not a single household has yet signed up for a flagship coalition energy efficiency scheme despite a £1,000 cashback offer which ministers said would get it off to a...
Transforming the way energy is used across the UK economy could help boost growth and jobs. Investing in energy efficiency could save up to 22 power stations-worth of energy by 2020, according to the government’s Energy Efficiency Strategy published today. The new...
October was the ‘milestone’ month for Green Deal according to Greg Barker, Minister for Energy & Climate Change (DECC). He was speaking at an All-Part Parliamentary committee on this very special government initiative, which aims to encourage private and social...
Low carbon innovation is being given a big injection of cash with the launch of a £16m fund for entrepreneurs to develop new ideas. The first phase of the Entrepreneurs Fund, part of a £35m fund announced earlier this year, is now open to applications. There is up to...
The Energy Saving Trust is to approach social landlord winners of the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) competition to see if they want to bid for additional funding to make their tenants’ homes cosier, warmer, more energy efficient and less costly to run? This...
Scotland is on the global marine energy map with the launch of its first energy park, which, among other things is said to help sustain jobs and also bring ‘clean’ power to thousands of homes, businesses and industries in the area. The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters...
New guidance to help local authorities in England improve the energy efficiency of their residential housing has been published. It’s issued under the Home Energy Conservation Act (HECA) and asks local authorities to publish a report on their plans to achieve improved...
Across the nation community groups can bid for a share of £8m to install low carbon heating such as solar thermal panels, biomass boilers and heat pumps into homes in their local area. Organisations like co-operatives, voluntary groups, social enterprises and...
Friends of the Earth has welcomed the call for government to consider a number of ways to strengthen legislation to tackle fuel poverty in privately rented homes. These were highlighted in a letter to Greg Barker MP, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change...
The UK is set to miss its renewable energy targets by a wide margin, says Fiona Harvey, The Guardian environment correspondent. This failure that could result in billions of pounds being added to energy bills as we rely increasingly on imported gas, according to a new...
Apparently the final secondary government legislation is in place for a Green Deal framework by autumn, according to Greg Barker MP Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change. He was addressing the recent second meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on...
DECC has come up with suggestion to put the Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) scheme on what is claims is a ‘more predictable, certain and sustainable footing for householders, businesses and the solar industry’. The Government is to introduce a range of changes to FITs with...
To help get the government’s Green Deal get ‘off the ground’ a special All Party Parliamentary Group has just been launched, with only five months to go before the initiative’s proposed October launch? But better late than never, this APPG aims to...
A flagship refurbishment project which has been part funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, showcases some of the latest retrofit solutions that BRE and its partners have been working on in advance of the Green Deal. It was visited by Greg Barker the...
Green Deal, the government-backed initiative aimed to reduced the majority of household carbon emissions at least by 2050, seems under seriod pressure at the present time, according to reports in today's newspapers. Apparently a group of senior Tory ministers is...
Twenty two organisations have met with Climate Change Minister Greg Barker to work to become the first Green Deal providers. The Green Deal is the government’s plan to improve the nation’s draughty homes at no upfront cost to the consumer. The organisations who have...
The Government 'certainly needed to take steps to stabilise the Feed-in Tariff', according to Gaynor Hartnell, chief executive of the Renewable Energy Association and it welcomed the consultation. She pointed out: "The ultimate aim should be tariffs that deliver a...
Plans to make the Feed-In Tariff scheme ‘more transparent’ and more predictable for the future, were announced today by the government. At the heart of the new initiative are said to be ‘transparency, longevity and certainty.’ Reforms to the scheme were said to...