Energy Efficiency Minister Martin Callanan confirmed in the House of Lords that the UK’s heat pump plan will proceed as scheduled on 1st April, dispelling rumours regarding the elimination of a boiler tax

Africa’s most populous country has made the move following its pledge to achieve net zero by 2060 at COP26

UK gas prices are currently amongst the lowest in Europe. Wholesale prices are highly competitive, taxes are relatively low, and for business users, at least, network costs account for a relatively low proportion of the bill.

The BEIS Committee has written to the minister to act on policies such as energy efficiency, electric vehicles and carbon capture, utilisation and storage

The government’s response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s report on green finance has been made public today

The nation’s climate advisers warn the public could face an ‘unnecessarily expensive deal’ unless action is taken now

The UK Government has insisted the nation is on track to meet its carbon reduction targets. Energy Secretary Ed Davey said yesterday the UK will meet its first three legally binding carbon budgets, which will see a 34% reduction in emissions by 2020. He was responding to a report published by the Committee on Climate […]

The UK Government is “working hard” to cut carbon emissions and tackle climate change in a bid to reach its target of achieving 80% of reduction by 2050, Ed Davey insisted. The Energy Secretary was responding to a report published by the Environmental Audit Committee today on the progress of the UK’s current and future […]

Home owners replacing their boilers should also have to install efficiency measures like insulation, according to government climate advisers. Lord Adair Turner, Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change this week wrote to the Communities and Local Government department to ask for the two home improvements to be linked under new building laws. In a […]

Decarbonising businesses and households is a simple solution to tackling our emissions, but one that Government hasn’t been brave enough to implement. According to a panel speaking at the Energy Solutions Expo in London today, our current crop of politicians are more concerned with winning votes in the short term and not dealing with long […]