Quarter of homeowners plan to make energy improvements in next year
Nearly a quarter of homeowners plan on installing energy efficiency measures in the next year, NatWest and S&P’s Greener Homes Attitude Tracker has found.
Articles tagged with: Energy Efficiency
Virgin Money unveils £200m green loan to help farmers decarbonise
Virgin Money has launched a new £200 million fund to help farmers decarbonise.
Solar among eligible tech for Mayor of London’s Warmer Homes energy efficiency scheme
The Mayor of London’s Warmer Homes scheme is to see £51 million spent on the rollout of energy efficiency technologies to low income London households.
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Fear and greed: Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust on the drivers of C&I solar adoption
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Solar Power Portal caught up with Aquila to discuss the drivers of C&I adoption, energy efficiency and the need for government backing following the company's recent IPO.
Government solar push continues as MoJ announces thousands of panels to be installed
The Ministry of Justice is to develop thousands of solar panels across four new prisons being built in England.
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TUC warns Green Homes Grant funding cuts are a ‘wrecking ball’ to green jobs
Of the 100,000 new jobs to result from the Green Homes Grant, only 14,500 of these have been created to date.
Chancellor urged to rollover Green Homes Grants funds to underpin confidence in retrofit market
The Chancellor has been sent a further letter urging him to fully rollover unspent Green Homes Grant funding into 2021/22.
Inclusion of solar PV in Green Homes Grant’s local authority allocation welcomed
The solar sector has welcomed the including of solar PV with the Green Home Grant’s local authority allocation.
Future Homes Standard ‘does not go far enough’, CCC warns
Decarbonising housing is one of the “toughest challenges” for net zero, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has warned, and it is “vital” this challenge is not made harder.
Nationwide to incentivise green home improvements with new mortgages
Nationwide has today (10 February) announced it is to make £1 billion available for borrowers to reduce the carbon footprint of their homes.
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Nottingham City Council lands £5 million to expand Energiesprong rollout
Nottingham City Council has secured more than £5 million in funding to expand the rollout of its Energiesprong homes programme.
Campbell & Kennedy completes 500kW school solar installs in multi-million-pound academy trust scheme
Scottish installer Campbell & Kennedy (C&K) has completed the first tranche of a solar PV installation project across two academy trusts which forms part of a multi-million-pound energy saving scheme.
Budget 2018: Hammond’s ‘missed opportunity’ as government prepares energy efficiency overhaul
The UK renewables lobby has once again expressed its exasperation that clean energy failed to merit a mention within this year’s Budget, despite the government teasing an overhaul of tax benefits for on-site generators.
Solar Power Portal Awards 2018 spotlight: Product Innovation
Nominations for the Solar Power Portal and Energy-Storage.News Awards 2018 are now open, and today we turn our attention to one of the most competitive categories in Product Innovation.
Barclays to back corporate renewables with ‘pioneering’ green banking products
Barclays wants to stimulate corporate adoption of on-site renewables and energy efficiency through the launch of new green corporate banking products.
Forrest secures Birmingham solar schools contract
Forrest is to install rooftop solar and other efficiency technologies on a host of school buildings in Birmingham after the contractor won a tender under the city council’s RE:FIT framework.