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OnGen Updates — March 2021
With COP26 on the horizon and the green recovery on everyone's minds, OnGen has had a busy few months. Read our updates in our latest newsletter below. Now is a great time to start your business' renewable journey; our desk-based feasibility assessment software can be...
OnGen Chair Judith Halkerston awarded OBE
We are delighted to announce that Judith Halkerston, Chair of OnGen, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honors list 2021 for her services to The Digital Economy. Judith has been typically gracious in discussing this, although she commented, “I am incredibly...
OnGen Pilots Game Changing Renewable Energy Technology
Energy performance software firm OnGen has seen significant results in its latest drive to combat carbon and financial savings. Launching a pilot programme across the North-East of England, the Scottish company delivered a highly successful roll-out, which marks the...
Racial Inequality & Clean Energy
As we start 2021, it can be tempting to leave behind the horrors of 2020. In 2020, we saw the spread of coronavirus across the world, impacting individuals’ and communities’ lives across the board. Coronavirus has not only affected human life, with influences...
The Countdown to COP26 – What Climate Policy Changes Have We Seen in 2020?
What is COP26 and why is it important? The Conference of the Parties (COP) is a yearly global climate conference that is attended by all the countries that signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1994. The COP events allow all countries...
OnGen Update – November 2020
With net-zero targets getting closer and the green recovery on everyone's minds, OnGen has had a busy few months. Read our updates in our latest newsletter below. Now is a great time to start your business' renewable journey; our desk-based feasibility assessment...
OnGen Software Suite Available through G-Cloud 12
For the 4th consecutive year, the OnGen Expert is available to licence through the Crown Commercial Service’s procurement framework, G-Cloud 12, and, for the first time, OnGen’s Managed Service is also available through this framework. In addition, OnGen’s new energy...
How and why you should measure your organisation’s greenhouse gas emissions
The UK Government’s net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) target was announced in June 2019. By reducing GHG emissions (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluride), there is a greater chance of limiting an average...
Why is now still a great time to invest in energy efficiency measures?
Increasing your energy efficiency, through switching to LED lightbulbs and installing roof-mounted solar panels, is a great way to save money and decarbonise by reducing your energy consumption and becoming more sustainable. With government incentives such as the...
Reducing our Carbon Footprint: Personal Accounts from the OnGen Team
OnGen was founded to help businesses tackle their carbon emissions through onsite renewables in a quick and accessible way. The largest problem of our generation is the climate crisis, which is why we have focussed our business on confronting this issue through...
Size scale-up and advanced technology help cut the price of renewable electricity
Advanced technology and larger renewable systems have resulted in PV solar and onshore wind being the cheapest options of new-build electricity generation, when compared to fossil fuels and other renewables, for two-thirds of the worldwide population. The latest...
Planet with Pandemic 3: Lessons to Bring to our Next Battle
The focus is and should be on coronavirus until the disease is maintained at a manageable and potentially curable level. However, we must prepare for life after coronavirus. For those not directly affected by the pandemic, the lockdown has potentially given some time...
Planet with Pandemic 2: Worldwide Protests versus Global Mobilisation
The coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating impact across the globe, affecting every part of our society and way of life. People are feeling alone, existential and lost. However, powerful and inspiring global mobilisation has brought a new sense of hope and...
Planet with Pandemic 1: How Coronavirus has Changed our Environment
We are living through unprecedented times. On 11 March 2020, COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, was declared a pandemic. At the time of writing, over 2 and a half million people across the world have been infected, with many countries in lockdown to...
Planet with Pandemic: Navigating the present and future health of Planet Earth amid the coronavirus outbreak
We are experiencing truly unprecedented and remarkable times. At OnGen, we have been lucky enough to all work from home, maintaining contact through our (mostly!) reasonable internet connections. This quarantine period has given us time to reflect on what matters...
OnGen Update – March 2020
A slightly delayed March 2020 newsletter as we considered the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. We continue to support our clients during this difficult time and encourage anyone considering their low carbon options to use this opportunity to begin the process of...
OnGen Featured in the Scotsman
OnGen's Managing Director, Chris Trigg, was recently featured in The Scotsman, where he discussed the importance and benefit of the OnGen Expert, our onsite renewable energy feasibility assessment tool. “There has never been a more important time for all energy users...
Seeking Positives from Home Working
Fast Start to 2020 With the UK election behind us and (finally) some semblance of a plan for Brexit in place, climate change (or so-termed the climate emergency) has finally been given some of the focus and attention it has so badly needed to address the net-zero...
How to maximise the value of ESOS Phase 2 through onsite renewables
The ESOS Phase 2 compliance deadline ended on 5 December 2019. Organisations where ESOS is applicable now have a lot of very useful energy consumption data gathered during the audit process. With 4 years until the next compliance date, now is the perfect time to...
Smart Export Guarantee Released on 1 January 2020
The Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) was launched on 1st January 2020 to pay small scale renewable energy generators for any electricity exported to the grid from eligible technologies. The SEG applies to exported electricity generated by solar PV, wind, hydro, micro CHP...