Ed Davey: ESOS reports will go to board members
Energy Secretary Ed Davey has guaranteed businesses’ energy audits will go to “the people who need to hear it”. Speaking to businesses at one of the Energy Saving Opportunities Scheme (ESOS)...
View ArticleOne million measures and the dizzy heights of insulation
On the windy rooftop of a tower block in the heart of Tower Hamlets, the Energy Secretary is hard at work in a hardhat. When ELN arrives, Ed Davey is hearing all about… abseiling. Men dropping...
View ArticleHeat innovation winners unveiled
The winners of a competition aimed at driving down energy bills and boosting low carbon heat supplies in the UK have been unveiled. Energy Secretary Ed Davey made the announcement at the Association...
View ArticleBusinesses’ energy efficiency upgrades ‘invisible’
Businesses are becoming increasingly more energy efficient “but no one sees this happening”. That’s the view of Tim Rotheray, Director of the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE), whose new...
View ArticleEd Davey outlines Lib Dems’ five ‘green’ laws
With the General Election just a few months away, Energy Secretary Ed Davey outlined the five laws his party – the Liberal Democrats – is planning to propose for a greener Britain. He told ELN his...
View ArticleEnergy switching up by 100k in February
Last month 100,000 more householders switched energy suppliers compared to January. That’s a 50% increase month-to-month, according to Energy UK. New data released by the trade body reveal 317,000...
View ArticleDavey says low carbon policy is working
Ed Davey has claimed the government’s low carbon policies are working, after UK greenhouse gas emissions dropped. Yesterday DECC released final figures for emissions during 2013 which showed a 2.4%...
View ArticleOil body gets new powers
The fledgling Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has today been given new powers to fine companies and revoke exploration licences. Both Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander and Energy Secretary...
View ArticleSwitching has saved us £38 million says DECC
DECC has claimed the public has saved millions by switching energy suppliers thanks to its “Power to Switch” campaign. In just one month it says the government scheme was used by 130,000 households to...
View ArticleREA: Renewable energy needs to make its case
The case for renewable energy will have to be made as the sector has lost the support of ex-Energy Secretary Ed Davey. In an interview with ELN, CEO of the Renewable Energy Association (REA) Nina...
View ArticleEd Davey to advise law firm on green energy
Former Energy Secretary Ed Davey has taken up a new role as a renewable energy consultant at a law firm. He has been given clearance by the Cabinet Office to start private work with Herbert Smith...
View ArticleDavey slams George Osborne’s green cuts as ‘economic idiocy’
Former Energy Secretary Ed Davey slammed the Chancellor’s renewable energy cuts as “economic idiocy”. He accused George Osborne of wanting to dominate the government, claiming “he’s telling not just...
View ArticleEd Davey launches another attack on Tory Government
Former Energy Secretary Ed Davey has criticised the Conservative Government for “trying to kill off [the UK’s] renewable energy boom”. Commenting in The Guardian, he said: “In the past three months,...
View ArticleFormer Energy Secretary Ed Davey at EL2015
ELN Editor Sumit Bose’s no-holds-barred conversation with former Energy Secretary Ed Davey about his time in government and the Tories’ new policy changes.
View ArticleEd Davey: George Osborne is calling the shots on energy policy
Chancellor George Osborne is “calling the shots” when it comes to energy policy. That’s the view of former Energy Secretary Ed Davey who said they have had “quite a few standoffs” and a “big fight”...
View ArticleEd Davey predicts outcome of COP21
Former Energy Secretary Ed Davey has predicted the outcome of the upcoming climate change conference in Paris. He said: “My expectation is there will be a deal – the first ever which applies to all...
View ArticleCommunity bonds get the sun shining
Community energy bonds have raised more than £2m and helped develop two solar projects in the South West of England. Two bonds launched by Bath and West Community Energy (BWCE) and Bristol Energy...
View ArticleSir Ed Davey: Brexit threat hitting energy investment
The threat of the UK’s possible exit from the EU is affecting investment in energy and low carbon projects. That’s according to Sir Ed Davey, former Energy Secretary and Chair of Mongoose Energy, who...
View ArticleWebinar at 9.30am: Power to the people
A conversation with Sir Ed Davey about community energy and a little bit of policy.
View ArticleEd Davey: Amber Rudd’s big problem is energy security
Energy security is the big problem the government needs to solve. That’s according to former Energy Secretary and Chairman of Mongoose Energy Sir Ed Davey. He said energy security is “the biggest thing...
View Article