The National Trust is reforming its investment strategy and will divest from fossil fuel assets, which currently represent 4% of its £1 billion stock market portfolio. Previously the Trust had required that no investment be made directly in companies which derived…

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The UK’s LPG users will move to a bioLPG alternative, suppliers have promused. But the switch will not be complete for over two decades. Around two million ]homes in the UK rely on off-grid fuel sources, and so do thousands…

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Rolls-Royce and Getec, the German decentralised heat, power and cold contracting and energy services company, have signed a cooperation agreement. The aim is to supply and operate decentralised energy systems such as CHP plants and on and off-grid microgrid solutions, as well as other…

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Ease of access is the key to new flexibility markets, the Energy Networks Association said, launchung a new consultation on flexibility services from the Open Neyworks project. The consultation seeks views on  how the six steps in the Flexibility Commitment can be…

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Flexitricity has partnered with eight organisations across a range of sectors to trial an innovative demand side response (DSR) solution. The Quickturn project, funded by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), aims to provide an opportunity for smaller…

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The Next Generation innovation fund has opened for applications. It is lookimg for  well established and experienced community energy businesses in England who want to develop innovative business models. Projects must be complete by June 2021.  It will select five projects…

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Ofgem plans to allow Together Energy to reclaim nearly £5 million in costs it incurred when it took over failed supplier OneSelect’c customers. Together Energy was one of six companies who competed to take on the customers as part of…

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Nine projects have secured £26 million of government funding, alongside industry funds, to advance the rollout of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) in the UK. The largest projects involve carbon capture from an industrial process and from bioenergy. Luke…

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The Renewable Energy Association has  launched a new paper calling for action to be taken on biomass with carbon capture and storage. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has stated that achieving net zero is not possible without greenhouse gas…

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Kibo Energy has acquired 100% of a shovel-ready reserve power generation project, Bordersley in Birmingham, from its subsidiary MED. The project is a 5MW gas-fuelled plant and is targeted for commercial commissioning end Q1 2020. This is the first reserve power…

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