A power purchase agreement (PPA) tender has been launched by the Mayor of London as part of ambitions to power the Tube network with 100% renewable electricity. This first tender is aiming to purchase approximately 10% of Transport for London’s (TfL) required electricity from renewable energy sources and new build assets. As it stands,
Western Power Distribution (WPD) has pledged to ensure domestic customers can connect low carbon technologies when and where they want. The connectability pledge is one of four key priorities outlined in the network operators Business Plan, which shows how it is planning to invest £6.7 billion over the next price period. It comes as WPD releases
Following two years of negotiations, the UK has reached a “landmark” agreement to modernise the terms of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). The treaty – which provides the framework for international trade and investment in energy – was drafted and first published in 1994 when fossil fuels dominated power generation. As such, as the
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Energy prices are now the biggest concern for businesses, according to a new report from npower Business Solutions (nBS). In a survey of 200 large businesses, 77% put energy costs as their biggest concern followed by 72% identifying the ongoing recovery from Covid-19. Nine out of ten businesses predict their energy costs will increase over the
Saving energy is ‘utterly essential’ to cut bills, end reliance on Russian oil and gas and slash emissions says agency The failure by governments and businesses to accelerate energy efficiency efforts is “inexplicable”, according to the head of the International Energy Agency. Fatih Birol said saving more energy was “utterly essential” in cutting household’s rocketing bills,
The impact of rising energy bills is continuing to be documented, with the number of households finding it challenging to pay rising as interest in energy efficiency also increases. Over four in ten (46%) adults who pay energy bills in Great Britain are finding it very or somewhat difficult to afford their energy bills,
Government limit on contracts for new renewable energy generation is ‘outdated thinking’, says Greenpeace UK Consumers will face higher energy bills than necessary next winter because of a decision by the government to limit new renewable energy generation, described as a “missed opportunity” by the renewables industry, and “outdated thinking” by a green campaign group.
For Brenda Gabriel, 39, from London, the tipping point in her climate consciousness was the devastating bushfires that ravaged large swathes of Australia from September 2019 to March 2020. By the time the last fire was extinguished, an estimated 18.6 million hectares (186,000 square kilometres) of land had been razed, with more than 5,900
The European Union has no choice but to develop a coherent strategy on energy storage if it is to achieve its decarbonisation goals and end its dependency on Russian fossil fuel imports. That was the view expressed to Energy-Storage.news by Patrick Clerens, secretary general of the European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE) in an interview