Ministers consider shifting green levies from electricity to gas
Ministers are set to propose switching green levies from electricity to gas, in an effort to encourage the uptake of heat pumps. The proposals, originally reported in the FT, suggest that the shift would be staggered over the course of
Businesses call for end to unabated gas in Britain’s electricity system by 2035
Businesses have called on the government to set an end date for the use of unabated gas in the electricity sector in the UK. In a letter penned to Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng
Wrong for a different reason
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – A well-meaning but not particularly bright left-leaning US politician – made a stir earlier this week by wearing a figure-hugging dress emblazoned with the slogan “Tax the Rich” to the prestigious 2021 Met Gala. Since the slogan
UK urged to incentivise more storage
Pipeline of 6-8GW of projects with grid connections could be built out under ‘right conditions’, says ESN Key priorities for the UK Government, Ofgem and the grid operator include the development of markets that incentivise further investment in all kinds
London’s largest taxi firm to go fully electric by 2023 with 4,000 EVs
Addison Lee, a London-headquartered private hire taxi and courier company, and the UK’s largest private vehicle hire firm, today announced that its entire fleet will become fully electric by 2023. Its current fleet currently stands at around 4,000 cars. More
Solar Installs: Kings Langley, Hertfordshire
Here's an interesting recent solar install, covering different roof types. This photo has been taken from footage captured by our drone. On the left is a conventional pitched roof install, here on slate tiles. On the right we can
Solar and Battery Price Rises on the Way
Warning from the supply chains... We have been receiving a number of warnings from our supply chain that unfortunately solar and battery prices will rise in Q1 2022. This is as a result of a number of factors but
Drought in southwest US worst in over a century, induced by climate change, says government report
Climate change has led to the worst drought on record in the US and rainfall has been at the lowest 20-month level since 1895 in the region, according to a new government report released on Tuesday. Southwest US, including the
The problem isn’t with the protesters blocking the M25 – it’s that more people aren’t joining them
The problem with the M25 Insulate Britain climate protests is not that they are disrupting the motorway to demand action on the climate emergency, but that there are not yet millions of people (particularly parents) out there joining them. Hordes