Davey shines on Brixton
ELN reporter Vicky Ellis talks to Energy Secretary Ed Davey MP about community owned energy projects and gauges his reaction to the 2013 Government decarbonisation target vote.
View ArticleDavey wants more ‘community energy’
More communities should build or invest in local energy projects according to Energy Secretary Ed Davey. He has launched a Call for Evidence into community energy schemes ahead of a new Community...
View ArticleUK hopes to squeeze out benefits with oil and gas review
In an attempt to squeeze out as much economic benefit as possible from the region’s oil and gas, today the Government set up a review of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). It’s the first time for more...
View ArticleNew Ofgem powers to avoid wholesale energy market fiddling
The Big Six energy suppliers will have to reveal the prices they buy and sell wholesale electricity under new plans from Ofgem released today. Fears of energy price manipulation were prompted earlier...
View ArticleDo you have an innovative energy idea or product?
A share of £19 million of Government funding is available for entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and products in energy efficiency, storage and low carbon generation. It is part of the second phase of...
View ArticleDavey: Green Deal inspiring energy saving home improvements
Nearly half of UK households (47%) who received a Green Deal advice report following an assessment said they either had or were installing energy saving measures. The Department of Energy and Climate...
View ArticleGovernment faces uphill struggle to hit emissions targets?
The Government could face an uphill struggle on reining in the nation’s carbon emissions in future, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) suggested today. The UK is obliged under the Climate Change Act...
View ArticleEnergy capacity payments revealed a month early
The Government has revealed the strike prices to be paid to suppliers for generating renewable energy a month before it was expected to. A big chunk of cash was also put on the table for the Green...
View ArticleBig vote on backloading in the EU
Today MEPs in the European Parliament passed a crucial measure which means the EU will now bring in ‘back-loading’ measures to bring down the price of carbon credits. The EU reckons there’s a surplus...
View ArticleNew switching scheme to help 60,000 SMEs cut energy costs
A new energy switching initiative aimed at helping small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) cut their gas and electricity bills was launched yesterday. Peterborough City Council will lead the ‘Ready to...
View ArticleDefinitively fuel poor: fuel poverty given new meaning
Fuel poor – sounds like an easy enough concept, doesn’t it? But if you thought that, you would be mistaken. The Government has given the phrase “fuel poverty” a new definition to make sure support is...
View Article“I love shale gas”– Davey confirms again
Energy Secretary Ed Davey confirmed again his backing for fracking by declaring “I love shale gas” today. Speaking at a reception for the all party parliamentary group for unconventional oil and gas...
View ArticleWind full in the sails as two new farms approved today
Two new wind farms off the coast of Britain won the go-ahead from ministers today – and one of them will be the biggest offshore wind project in the world. Planning consent was granted for the giant...
View ArticleDECC promises greater investor certainty with new draft EMR
Up to £110 billion worth of investment for new electricity infrastructure in the UK will be delivered by 2020, the Government claims. It published the draft Electricity Reform Delivery Plan for...
View ArticleGovernment pledges £66m boost for offshore wind industry
The UK Government has pledged to invest millions of pounds in the offshore wind industry in a bid to create more jobs and boost the economy. It will provide £20 million from its Regional Growth Fund to...
View ArticleScheme brings £50m energy savings across north Scotland
Consumers in the North of Scotland who are exposed to the highest distribution costs in the UK are expected to save a total of £50 million a year on energy bills. The Government has announced it will...
View ArticleBrixton community energy leading the way
With the launch of the Community Energy Fortnight this week, ELN Reporter Vicky Ellis talks to Energy Secretary Ed Davey and a community energy group about the importance of locally-owned green projects.
View ArticleCaroline Flint renews attack on ‘excessive profits’ of the Big Six
Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint renewed attacks on the ‘excessive profits’ of the Big Six yesterday in Parliament calling for the Government to make amendments to the Energy Bill containing the...
View Article38% of people worried about winter heating bills
An eyebrow-raising 38% of people in the UK are concerned about paying heating bills this winter according to a new ComRes poll. The survey of more than 1000 people commissioned by BBC Radio 5 Live...
View Article‘I wouldn’t be too worried about fracking under my house’
Never mind earthquakes – a top geologist has told reporters at a scientific briefing held by DECC it’s actually climate change which should be the issue that decides the fracking debate. The briefing...
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