Is Scotland leading the way in Energy Efficiency? The Scottish Government is offering £10 million of funding for innovative low carbon projects in rural parts of the country. Local energy projects that have the potential to boost energy efficiency and cut carbon emissions can apply for up to £100,000 from the Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition…
Google has unveiled a new tool to calculate the solar viability of rooftops. ‘Project Sunroof’ uses Google Earth imagery to allow anyone to look up their own home and see whether its worth investing in rooftop solar panels. The software takes into account the shape of roofs, local weather patterns, the position of sun in the sky at different times…
Improved energy efficiency in the UK has helped offset low carbon policy costs on energy bills and reduced emissions according to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), which found householders paid £115 less per year for their energy last year than in 2008 when the Climate Change Act was passed. While low carbon policies added around…
Is there an industry left to support new Green Deal Finance? Yes, but only just. The chart shows that for over 2 years there were people and companies investing time and money to become involved in Green Deal, but Green Deal was just an all encompassing title for our domestic renewables sector. The hope was for…
Renewables’ share of electricity generation increased from 23.6 per cent in 2015 Q3 to 25.0 per cent in 2016 Q3. However, compared to 2016 Q2, renewables’ share was 0.2 percentage points lower. The increased share on a year earlier reflects the increase in renewables generation in addition to a decrease (1.2 per cent) in total…
A Contract for Difference (CFD) is a private law contract between a low carbon electricity generator and the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC), a government-owned company, introduced as part of the now implemented Electricity Market Reform (EMR) programme A generator party to a CFD is paid the difference between the ‘strike price’ – a price…
