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The Empire Building Challenge aims to transform existing multifamily and commercial high-rise buildings using low carbon heating and cooling solutions that will increase their sustainability and energy performance

Funding will be provided for environmental charities and their partners to work on projects across England to restore nature and tackle climate change

It will support businesses in implementing new technologies to improve their manufacturing productivity, create highly skilled jobs and slash carbon emissions

It comes after Bristol City Council completed the sale of the business customer base of Bristol Energy last month

It is part of the government’s enhanced Green New Deal, which aims to transform the energy efficiency and heat of buildings and rapidly accelerate decarbonisation

The funding will support Scotland’s transition towards a net zero economy and help create around 100,000 high value jobs over the next decade

The supplier estimates the wider energy industry will need to recruit around 200,000 people in the next decade to plug the skills gap and accelerate the race towards net zero

The government’s new Green Homes Grant scheme is expected to help consumers save up to £600 a year on their energy bills

It is expected to generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 15,500 homes every year

Environmental Entrepreneurs has warned clean energy, which was previously one of the fastest-growing job sectors in the country, faces a ‘long recovery’