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17th July 2020 The drive to achieve environmental sustainability is changing what communities, governments and customers expect of businesses. To transparently demonstrate their commitment to decarbonisation, businesses are increasingly expected to not only share their compliance, but to proactively document their vision and strategy for a sustainable future. With the operation of buildings accounting for […]

10 July 2020 The measures that have been put in place to manage the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic have had huge impacts on all aspects of our daily lives and the UK’s energy market has been going through high levels of turbulence as a result of the recent lockdown. As more and more organisations […]

8th July 2020 The good news is that we can all do a lot less washing up at home in August if we take full advantage of Rishi Sunak’s offer to pay 50% of our food bills when we eat out mid-week. Great news many will agree despite still having to pay full price for […]

30th June 2020 Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) As organisations start to open back up after lockdown, certain considerations need to be made to ensure the safety of staff, and potentially customers, who enter the workplace. The UK government has published guidance which outlines measures that should be taken before anyone returns to work. With […]

18th June 2020 Water can often seem like the “Cinderella” of the utility markets. Organisations often fail to pay the same time and attention to their procurement and usage as they commit to addressing energy supply and optimisation. But with most organisations needing to look afresh at controlling costs and many parts of the county […]

14th May 2020 One of the welcome announcements in Rishi Sunak’s March budget was the extension and re-opening of the CCA (Climate Change Agreement) scheme. Just to recap – this is a voluntary scheme that allows businesses with certain energy-intensive processes across 54 industrial sectors to claim discount on their Climate Change Levy (CCL). In […]

6th May 2020. Only this week the US Treasury has confirmed it’s borrowing a record $2.999 trillion (£2.41trn) in the quarter, more than five times the previous record set during the 2008 financial crisis. New car registrations for April in the UK were just 4,321; the lowest level since 1946. So, we know that we […]

24th April 2020 With UK demand significantly reduced due to the number of businesses that are closed, you might think that it is easy to supply the country’s needs. However, the current demand profiles are producing a number of challenges, particularly for the National Grid ESO. Since 18th March, the National Grid has been holding […]

20th April 2020 All of us at Inenco hope you are all well and keeping safe during this difficult period. We understand many businesses are facing a plethora of challenges in these unprecedented times and needed to shut down or scale back operations in great haste. It would be easy to miss some of the […]

2nd April 2020. We are focused on helping our clients with practical steps to mitigate procurement risk, keep cash in their organisation and achieve ongoing Opex reductions. Our customers are facing multiple challenges; from a collapse in their customer base, supply chain disruption, adapting to remote working and of course the need to try to […]

18th March 2020 The higher-than-expected clearing price is over double that of the previous T-3 auction at £6.44/kW/y, and includes an impressive 117.0237MW of battery storage being awarded contracts. Concerns had been raised over a recent string of low clearing prices, with the T-1 top-up auction in June 2019 clearing at just £0.77/kW/y and the […]

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a series of new investments in the ‘green’ economy to demonstrate the Government’s commitment to the net zero by 2050 goal. Supporters praised the Chancellor’s unveiling of multi-million-pound spending pots promised for low-carbon transport, renewable energy, natural climate solutions and carbon capture and storage (CCS). In his speech, the Chancellor rapidly […]