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The IPCC has stated that human activity globally has resulted in an average temperature rise of 1°C since pre-industrialised times. This increase is forecast to reach 1.5°C at some point between 2030 and 2050, bringing with it significant impacts worldwide. The UK government is amongst the frontrunners in terms of concrete commitments to combating climate […]

Whether your business was caught up in Friday’s power outage or not, it will no doubt have increased your concerns surrounding the security of your energy supply. Fortunately, there are technologies available that can help to mitigate the impact of an unexpected power cut. However, the option that works best for your business will vary […]

While we await the National Grid report on the matter, we do know that it all started with an incident that is not that uncommon, the tripping of a large power generator. The generator in question was the combined-cycle gas turbine plant at Little Barford in Bedfordshire, close to the Cambridgeshire border. In the seconds […]

Carry out an Energy Audit A lack of awareness around how energy is used, and then a lack of knowledge about how to achieve energy efficiency improvement, is often cited by SMEs as one of the major barriers preventing them from being greener. Many large businesses are legally required to carry out energy and environmental […]

Last week the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) launched a wave of new consultations focused on improving energy efficiency and sustainability across the UK to coincide with Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister and his subsequent dramatic Cabinet overhaul, including Andrea Leadsom taking over at BEIS. These policy proposals include a fresh funding […]

July 2019 As we highlighted in our previous blog, the UK currently imports more than half our gas. A portion of this is shipped to the UK in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG), while the majority is carried through pipelines and interconnectors with Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium. Although Norway remains outside the […]

We face a broad range of both legislative and geo-political influences that could significantly impact on energy price. There are a number of factors on the horizon that will almost certainly result in increased costs, but when they will be applied and the impact they will have in reality is unclear. Brexit is, of course, […]

The number of devices connected to the internet has already exceeded the number of people on the planet, sitting at around 8.4 billion as of 2017. The growth of embedded internet technology will play a large role in that figure exceeding 20 billion by 2020. This interconnectivity offers a wide range of opportunities for SME […]

This all seems to tally well with the Government’s electric vehicle (EVs) roll-out objectives, aiming to ensure that all new vehicles sold in the UK are zero emissions capable by 2040, whether that is electric, hybrid electric or hydrogen. Setting aside criticisms of the Government’s targets that argue it is not ambitious enough, the UK […]

A robust energy strategy, executed well, should shelter you from rising commodity and non-commodity energy costs and, through a holistic approach, could even provide you with long term cost and carbon savings and revenue generating opportunities. It should also be a living, breathing document, revisited frequently to ensure it is fit for purpose in a […]

Isn’t the Capacity Market suspended? The Capacity Market is still suspended following last autumn’s decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), in which it ruled that plans were not effectively scrutinised to check compatibility with State Aid regulations before it was approved in 2014. However, the government hopes to reinstate the market by early […]

The UK Government has just announced a commitment to a ‘net zero’ target, reducing carbon emissions to zero by 2050 by switching to renewable and low carbon energy sources, greener heating and swapping diesel and petrol vehicles to electric counterparts within the next twenty years. But whilst politicians and large corporations are being pressured into […]