The Commons BEIS Committee published Energy Efficiency: Building Towards Net Zero on Friday 12 July. Committee members concluded that a “major upgrade of the energy performance of the UK’s entire building stock will be a fundamental pillar of any credible strategy to reach net zero emissions, to address fuel poverty…
BEIS has announced plans to gain feedback regarding the Energy Company Obligation (ECO3) scheme, where the proposed changes will run until 2022. Published on Tuesday 9 July, the consultation sets out changes such as incorporating the TrustMark Government Endorsed Quality scheme into ECO3 as a route to demonstrate compliance with…
BEIS has released the findings from its ‘Building a market for energy efficiency: call for evidence’ consultation. Published on Tuesday 2 July, the consultation found that most of the 92 respondents agreed with BEIS’s identified barriers: a lack of trust and quality in installations of energy efficiency measures; legal constraints…
The government published its Green Finance Strategy on Tuesday 2 July. The objective of the strategy is to align private sector financial flows with clean, environmentally sustainable and resilient growth, supported by government action. This is to be achieved by ensuring current and future financial risks and opportunities from climate…
BEIS announced on Thursday 27 June that nine companies have secured £26mn of government funding, as well as industry backing to advance the rollout of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS). Tata Chemicals Europe’s plant in Winnington, Cheshire received £4.2mn in funding to build a CCUS facility to capture 40,000…
BEIS announced that it laid regulations to extend the allocation of tariff guarantees on the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) on Wednesday 26 June. BEIS said this would enable a pipeline of new, large renewable heat plants because it would allow existing applicants to withdraw their tariff and reapply to achieve…
BEIS announced its plans to fund selected UK-based demonstration projects, alongside the Canadian government which will fund demonstration projects located in Canada as part of a joint challenge. In the Thursday 20 June announcement, BEIS said project teams must involve organisations from both countries in order to receive a funding…
BEIS published a Greater Manchester Local Industrial Strategy on Thursday 13 June, setting out long-term priorities to increase productivity in the region. Within the strategy is a five-year Environment Plan that sets out a long-term vision “to be carbon neutral by 2038”, and an intention to develop an Infrastructure Plan.…
The government has announced £23mn of funding for businesses to develop technology for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. In the Tuesday 11 June announcement, the government said that the funding would go to winners of the Faraday Battery Challenge. One of the winning companies is mining consultancy firm Wardell Armstrong, which…
Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the government will today (Wednesday 12 June) lay a statutory instrument to implement a target for the UK to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. This will amend the Climate Change Act 2008. The Prime Minister said this legislation will mean that the…