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Green hydrogen connections and net-zero terraces: Ofgem allocates fresh innovation funding
…in separate tariffs and heat pumps. UK Power Neworks has also taken funding for two projects intended to make low-carbon heating options more affordable, with a focus on social housing…
EU agrees 2040 fossil boiler ban in revamped green buildings law
…energy consumption reduction will be expected to come from a gradual switch to clean heating solutions, like heat pumps. Eva Brardinelli, buildings expert at CAN Europe, a climate NGO, says…
Octopus Energy invests £200m in data centre heat recycling technology
Octopus Energy will invest £200m in technology used to capture and re-use heat from data centres, in a bid to prevent heat waste and provide free heat for energy-intensive organisations…
From hydrogen trials to grid connection queues: 7 UK green policy stories you may have missed during COP28
…consultation seeks views on the role, if any, that gas and hydrogen-ready boilers could play in the new framework but expects heat pumps, electrification and district heat networks to be…
Study: Energy price crisis cost UK billions due to over-reliance on imported gas
…UK Government will scrap its heat pump installation targets and requirements for home heating manufacturers to ensure that heat pumps account for an ever-increasing proportion of sales. Concerns are also…
Screwfix halves Scope 1 and 2 emissions in the last four years
…According to the brand, the fall in direct carbon has been driven by a move away from fossil fuel heating to air source heat pumps in more than 639 stores,…
Seagrass-planting robots and AI to track pollen: The best green innovations of September 2023
…While the home has undergone technological smart advancements with heating, storage, electricity, and other things, windows have fallen behind. Windows account for about a third of heat loss in a…
ZF: Zero-emission factory in Klášterec, Czech Republic
…of in-house generation and contracts with renewable energy providers. Additionally, the Czech e-mobility plant replaced its fossil fuel-dependent gas heating system with heat pumps, halving the plant’s annual heating costs….
Public sector building decarbonisation fund application deadline fast approaching
…include: · Installation of Heat Pumps: Introducing energy-efficient heat pump systems to replace traditional heating methods. · Use of District Heating Networks: Implementing district heating networks to distribute low-carbon heat to multiple…
‘This is idiocy’: Green economy leaders slam PM’s backtracking on key low-carbon policies
…cleaner energy, with wind power much cheaper than expensive, imported gas. While those who own green technology like electric vehicles and heat pumps are facing lower levels of inflation. These…
Data centre heat recycling and solar energy from space: The nine best green innovations of 2023
…heat from the servers. This oil is then passed through a heat exchanger, which removes the heat and uses it to warm the buildings and pools. Deep Green says the…
Ofgem firming up plans to ramp up energy flexibility from homes and businesses
…homes and businesses, too – and expects that participation will be made easier through digital automation. Those with EVs or heat pumps could, for example, set off-peak time settings using…
Sustainability Uncovered episode 16: Green business matchmaking, ethical flowers and net-zero heat
…heart a little more sustainably, answering FAQ on heat networks and heat pumps. Channa is the regional director for energy services, buildings and places at Aecom. At the end of…
Glen Dimplex: Net-Zero Smart Systems and Flexibility Project of the Year
…services. How it works Leveraging high heat retention smart storage heaters, this project can assist with balancing mechanisms for the National Grid. In turn, this can help increase renewable generation,…
CCC: UK’s progress towards net-zero ‘worryingly slow’ despite deluge of policy promises
…a failure to limit airport expansion; delay in the publication of a land use strategy; and sparse plans to deploy electric heat pumps. Deploying heat pumps this decade will be…
Australia’s funding boost for cycling and free youth access to UK nature reserves: The sustainability success stories of the week
…this week. ENERGY: Records broken for small-scale renewables deployment in Wales Back in August, British renewable industry standards body MCS revealed that record numbers of homes installed heat pumps and…
Aldi’s AI recycling tracker and Spain’s clampdown on short-haul flights: The sustainability success stories of the week
…than a 30% reduction in carbon emissions across the building life cycle. Unit 3 also features rainwater harvesting, solar-thermal roof panels and air-source heat pumps. GLP’s senior construction manager Peter…
Chris Packham: ‘Complacency and contentment are the worst enemies of business’
…households pay for heat pumps and electric vehicles during a cost-of-living crisis. Packham said these claims are “entirely fallacious”, given that low-income homes would see reduced energy bills from higher…
The UK’s industrial policy: Untapped green opportunities
…towards hydrogen and renewable energy. We have committed over £12bn of domestic green investment since March 2020, shown progress in the installation of heat pumps, and have doubled our International…
German government passes €212bn climate fund
…earmarked for the exchange of existing oil and gas heating systems for climate-friendly alternatives such as heat pumps. The government plans for every heating system installed after 2024 to be…
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