ECO

Think tank IPPR is calling for a ‘fundamental reform’ of the Energy Company Obligation scheme

Cavity wall insulations made up the largest proportion of improvements at 35%

James Rant, Business Development Manager at Utility Team, told us more

A 50-minute spin class with 10 participants can generate up to 3,300 watts of power

Two consultations have been launched on the Energy Company Obligation and Warm Home Discount schemes

The role of energy suppliers as the primary route in funding and delivering low carbon support schemes should be reconsidered. That’s the suggestion from Ofgem in response to BEIS’ consultation on building a market for energy efficiency. Under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, suppliers with more than 250,000 household customers are obliged to help […]

Just 6% of all households in the UK had a measure installed under Energy Company Obligation (ECO) funding, as of December 2016. That’s according to the Office for National Statistics’ latest data on the scheme, which aims to reduce carbon emissions and tackle fuel poverty. It does so through larger energy suppliers funding the installation […]

Energy suppliers will have to install more solid wall insulation measures every year in fuel poor homes under new reforms. Changes to the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, which has now come into effect, will ensure energy companies provide support to those struggling to meet their heating bills. The scheme has been extended until September […]

The UK Government has pledged to provide more help for householders struggling to pay their energy bills. It has published reforms to the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, through which large suppliers have to deliver energy efficiency measures to homes in Britain. Launched in January 2013, it has delivered energy efficiency measures to 1.6 million […]

A new £20 million bioeconomy research programme between the UK and Colombia has been announced. The agreement was signed by Nick Hurd, Minister for Industry and Climate Change and Yaneth Giha, Director of Colciencias, a Colombian national research agency. The programme will help tackle pollution and deforestation and develop new drugs, medicines and bio-fertilisers that can sustainably increase crop yields […]