The UK public is slowly, but surely, starting to accept the idea of shale gas exploration, a recent research report by the University of Nottingham has revealed.
Up to 50,000 North-East properties are set to receive energy efficiency-related upgrades under the £200 million ‘Warm Up North’ scheme, whose main objective is to help reduce bills and tackle fuel poverty in the area.
Although they’re not happy with their ever growing energy bills, up to 22 percent of British home owners “can’t be bothered” when it comes to implementing energy efficiency measures, a new market research study carried out my energy company npower has revealed.
NPOWER, one of the UK’s top 6 energy suppliers, has just issued a warning regarding the future hikes for household energy bills, blaming it all on the UK Government’s extensive subsidies for green energy.
The UK government has recently revealed the fact that it plans to redefine the concept of fuel poverty by taking into account the Low Income High Costs (LIHC) framework that was recommended by Professor Hills in his Independent review.
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In a bid to boost Green Deal adoption in local communities, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has just announced the launch of a new scheme that will allow local authorities to bid for funding from the £20m pot.
Trade association Energy UK publicly asked Climate Change Minister Greg Barker to help impose a higher level of efficiency for the Government’s flagship energy efficiency schemes – the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO), a news report reveals.
The Green Deal scheme, set to run until March 2014, is quite far from having reached its full potential, very few home-owners actually signing-up to the UK government’s programme.
Home owners who decide to invest in energy-efficiency measures for their properties should actually get more incentives in order to do so, such as a reduction in the overall council tax bill and stamp duty, campaigners from the UK Green Building Council argued.
The debate regarding shale gas exploration and the future of UK’s energy reserves remains a pretty heated one, and it seems that yet another expert has joined the group lobbying for extensive exploration.
According to a new report by energy regulator OFGEM, between 2006 and 2011, British Gas failed to “round down” the calorific value, a charge that covers the heat or thermal energy in the gas a customer uses.
Despite being heavily promoted by the UK Government, the Green Deal programme is apparently not enjoying a particularly impressive level of success, with only three households across the UK reportedly finalizing the loaning process for energy saving measures.
