With winter just around the corner and fuel costs rising, the risk of fuel poverty on the most vulnerable members of society is an issue the Scottish Government doesn’t take lightly. A special energy assistance scheme is be expanded to take into consideration the heating needs of those caring for vulnerable family members. Often overlooked […]
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Solar Panels Boosting London’s Social Housing
More than 1,500 social housing tenants in London have benefited from the installation of solar photovoltaic panels since the launch of the Capital’s RE:NEW scheme. During trials, the programme helped residents to achieve savings of up to £154 a year on their energy and water bills. More than 1,700 homes in five boroughs including Lewisham […]
Free Insulation For Scottish Homeowners
Homeowners in Scotland will soon be able to benefit from free home insulation, thanks to a Government scheme that is set to launch next year. Targeting some 200,000 homes, the Universal Home Insulation Scheme will help homeowners combat rising energy bills and lower carbon emissions. At a cost of around £12.5 million, the energy efficiency […]
Gadget Addiction Fueling Rise in Energy Bills
The next time your charge your smart phone, play Call of Duty on your Xbox or watch a movie on your HD TV, spare a thought for your electricity bill. As energy costs reach an all-time high, the need to be energy conscious is continually being drummed into us. With renewable energy technologies being touted […]
Industry ‘Frustrated’ By Renewable Heat Incentive Delay
On Friday the Government announced that it was to delay the launch of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) for at least another two months. The green heating scheme, designed to reward the uptake of renewable heating technologies, is expected to increase capital investment in renewable heating technologies by 4.5 billion pounds by 2020. The non-domestic […]
Trump Continues To Battle ‘Big, Ugly’ Windfarm Plans
Donald Trump isn’t a man who gives up easily. And the billionaire US property tycoon doesn’t seem to be showing any signs of giving up fighting a proposed offshore windfarm in Scotland. Trump has already voiced his objections in a letter to Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmon, in which he described the wind turbines as […]
Get Smart With AlertMe’s New Smart Heating App
The future of home energy management looks set to get smart with the introduction of a new smart heating application. AlertMe, the Cambridge-based SmartHome technology company has teamed up with Invensys to develop an application that will enable consumers to remotely control their heating, either by SMS, smartphone or online via the Internet. Under the […]
Human Waste to Generate Renewable Electricity
It must be a case of ‘waste not, want not’ for Britain’s largest water and sewerage company, as Thames Water has announced plans to use human waste to generate electricity. It burns like wood-chip, looks just like instant coffee granules and is a highly combustible new renewable form of fuel, and Thames Water has estimated […]
Which? Investigates ‘Too Complicated’ Energy Tariffs
It’s saying something when a qualified accountant struggles to calculate the cost of a domestic energy bill, but that was exactly what happened during the latest Which? investigation. Which? asked members of the public to calculate the cost of a domestic energy bill, taking the information from a range of energy providers’ websites, including British […]
Will Government Policy Fetter Fledgling Solar Industry?
The Government’s decision to press ahead with plans to reduce subsidies for medium to large-scale solar initiatives in the UK has been met with concern by the solar industry. Accused of significantly limiting the country’s solar future, ministers have decided to stick to their guns on a spending issue that caused much controversy when it […]
Government Pledges £35m to Boost Energy Efficiency
The Government has revealed its plans to reduce carbon emissions and cut energy bills with a £35 million package, as it pledges to make buildings across the country more energy efficient. As it stands, around 18% of the country’s carbon emissions comes from commercial buildings, with the residential housing market accounting for 24% of all […]
Npower Empowers Pupils to Go Green and Save Energy
Pupils in West Yorkshire have become the latest recruits to earn their energy saving stripes by taking part in npower’s Climate Cops Academy. Since its launch in 2007, the initiative has reached 38,000 students across the UK, and almost 200 pupils from schools in West Yorkshire have become the last group to participate in the […]
Energy Secretary Wages ‘War’ on Energy Companies
In a rousing speech at the Liberal Democrat party conference in Birmingham this week, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne announced his intention to “get tough” with Britain’s leading energy suppliers. Not long after his Labour counterparts suggested he had been “standing idly by while energy companies raise their prices way above inflation”, Mr Huhne informed fellow […]
Huhne Tells Energy Firms to End “Predatory Pricing”
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne is once again threatening to get tough with energy firms, accusing the ‘Big Six’ of “predatory pricing”, something which he says, must stop. At the Liberal Democrat conference in Birmingham earlier today, Mr Huhne yet again pledged his commitment to help households tackle skyrocketing energy bills by bringing costs down. Promising […]
Search Launched For Families to Test-Drive Eco Homes
The search is underway to find two families to test-drive two eco-homes in Northamptonshire – by living in them for a year, rent free. Packed with carbon and energy saving technology, Velux have built two brand new eco-homes and have launched a campaign to find suitable “tenants” to test-drive them, as part of an initiative […]
Dyson Looks to Electric Heaters for Growth
Sir James Dyson, the founder of one of the world’s most popular types of vacuum cleaner, has announced his company’s move into the central heating. Having generated sales of more than $1.2 billion last year, Dyson continues to dominate the vacuum cleaner industry, which is thought to be worth around $8 billion per annum. Dyson’s […]
