On the Budget day, the Government has published its response to the Business Energy Efficiency Taxation Landscape Review. The aim of the review was to streamline the regime while meeting the Government’s objectives around simplicity, productivity, security of energy supplies and decarbonisation. Energy efficient business can save money as well as raise productivity and support […]
Is now the right time for PPAs? by Stuart Kirk A growing number of large UK Commercial & Industrial users of power have signed long term (15-20yrs) Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with renewable generation. These companies include McDonalds, HM Government, BT, HSBC, Lloyds, M&S, Sainsbury and Vodafone. Large companies, like Unilever, are publicly stating their intention […]
Will Energy Taxes be in the next Budget? By Rupert Redesdale It has been a running complaint amongst energy managers that there is a great deal of duplication of work linked to meeting the reporting obligations of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (C RC) and Green House Gas emissions (GHG). The Chancellor announced last summer that […]
Behaviour change frequently delivers ‘metered’ energy savings In the latest issue of the UK Energy Efficiency Trends report (Volume 13, published 21 January 2016), energy analysts EEVS and Bloomberg New Energy Finance has partnered with independent behaviour change and environmental charity Global Action Plan to develop a dataset covering behaviour change opportunities, costs, savings performance, influencing factors and […]
The Gap in Generation Capacity. By Rupert Redesdale, CEO of the Energy Managers Association The energy gap, the difference between generating capacity and demand should not be a surprise; it has been predicted for years. The surprise is that nothing has been done to fill the gap. Britain’s energy rating has been downgraded from AAA […]
