8 July, 2022 – Sombre mood at the beginning of London Climate Action Week as the questions are asked on our progress since COP26. Glancing over the last 7 months, COP26 president Alok Sharma finds it hard to see what big changes have been made and still much more to do to be on track...
6 July, 2022 – Drax has agreed to extend the life of fossil fuelled power generation plant to be able to help meet the countries demand during the winter months. This means that the planned closure will be pushed back 6 months to be able to ease pressure as UK plans to ease off gas...
6 July, 2022 – The Energy Security bills is set out to transition to UK to greener energy consumption and generation. The bill includes 26 measures which will grow sectors in hydrogen, heat pumps and offshore renewables, bringing £100 billion in private sectors investment into diversifying the energy mix in the UK.
5 July, 2022 – Research has been conducted in Finland for the first ‘sand battery’ which can store clean energy for months throughout the year. This would solve the issue of renewable energy not producing enough electricity to meet winter demands.
24 June, 2022 – Energy Performance Certificates have been the standard in industry for the past 15 years. Recently, the methodology has been changed slightly. Here are the details you should be aware of. To find out more about how these changes may affect your buildings, contact OnGen today.
23 June, 2022 – The latest report by npower Business Solutions has demonstrated that businesses’ top worry is being able to deal with rising energy costs. The report revealed that 82% of businesses believe that more must be done to shield them from the impacts of increasing energy bills.
23 June, 2022 – The North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub have granted £302,000 to help install rural community renewable energy projects. Technologies being installed in rural areas include heat pumps and solar PV. OnGen can help community energy groups find the potential of renewables. Contact OnGen for more info.
22 June, 2022 – Stithians, a village in Cornwall will be piloting a local heat network by installing ground source heat to provide heat to the village. The project funded by European Regional Development Fund will create a network of boreholes that will be linked to heat pumps in the area.
20 June, 2022 – A recent poll by BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker has highlighted that people in the UK would prefer to have a solar farm installed in their neighbourhood (54%), compared to a wind turbine (43%). SW England and Wales are areas of the UK most agreeable to installing wind turbines.
16 June, Smart meter installation has risen by 11% during May 2022. That calculates as a total of 18.24 million smart meters installed in the UK. However, suppliers are still under pressure to meet Ofgem’s smart meter targets for 2022 and continue installing smart meters at a fast pace.
