The energy security bill announced as a part of the Queen's Speech was introduced into Parliament this week by Kwasi Kwarteng, Business and Energy Secretary.
The government’s energy strategy, touted as an urgent response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the cost of living crisis, offers "completely inadequate policies and funding for energy efficiency and heat pumps", say sceptics.
The government announced today that it will run a Heat Pump Investment Accelerator Competition in 2022 worth up to £30 million to make British heat pumps, which reduce demand for gas, as a part of its energy strategy.
A green buildings group has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson stressing that increasing energy efficiency is “crucial” to improve Britain’s energy security.
Gloucestershire Managed Services has secured £13.7 million to carry out a range of environmental projects at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
ENGIE will manage, finance and install two wind turbines and 15,000 solar panels on Keele University’s campus to support its pledge to be carbon-neutral by 2030.
Many local authorities have declared climate emergencies and will need to become more involved in the clean energy sector to reduce their carbon emissions, Gary Roscoe and Stuart Urquhart argue.
