Ofgem to fund charities and community energy groups with £27m

The funding will support vulnerable customers and decarbonisation projects

October’s predicted price hike ‘to leave 14.5m people unable to pay energy bills’

The stark findings come ahead of this week’s Spring Statement where the Chancellor has been urged by Citizens Advice to announce further support for families struggling to pay their bills after the predicted £145 a month hike to energy costs

New UAE-IRENA initiative to cook up clean energy solutions

The Beyond Food partnership will promote the deployment of clean cooking solutions across the world, as more than 2.6bn people still rely on traditional fuels for their cooking needs

Climate change: Homes in Wales collect first free trees

It follows a pledge made by the Welsh Government in December 2021 that every household would be offered a free tree

New South Wales announces $25m energy efficiency scheme

It is expected to help consumers save around $1.2bn on their energy bills between 2022 and 2040

BT and Hubbub team up for smart home technology challenge

The Smarter Living Challenge will initially work with 60 households across the UK, looking closely at attitudes, perceptions and behaviours around home energy use

Household bills could rise by £21 as Ofgem considers increasing energy price cap

The regulator is consulting on its proposals to recover debt-related costs that have resulted due to the coronavirus pandemic

UK homes ‘could save £1.4bn by turning thermostats down by just 1°C’

A new study found two-thirds – or 17.7m – of households are turning up their thermostats to more than 20°C while 2.7m households are turning up the heat to 25°C or more – hotter than Tenerife at present

Smart homes ‘could help halve carbon emissions and energy bills’

Researchers say the mass adoption of solar, battery storage, intelligent controls and other smart energy technologies in the home could unlock a range of significant positive impacts

UK Government seeks views on future low carbon heat support beyond the RHI

The plan backs replacement of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) with a new Clean Heat Grant, which will provide support for heat pumps and in certain circumstances biomass