energy efficiency

Telecommunications company Vodafone has installed its first on-site solar panels at a mobile telephone exchange (MTX) network site in Gloucester.

Under new plans released by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), heat pumps and solar panel installations will be included as part of £1.8 billion plans to boost energy efficiency in buildings.

Nearly a quarter of homeowners plan on installing energy efficiency measures in the next year, NatWest and S&P’s Greener Homes Attitude Tracker has found.

Virgin Money has launched a new £200 million fund to help farmers decarbonise.

The Mayor of London’s Warmer Homes scheme is to see £51 million spent on the rollout of energy efficiency technologies to low income London households.

Solar Power Portal caught up with Aquila to discuss the drivers of C&I adoption, energy efficiency and the need for government backing following the company’s recent IPO.

The Ministry of Justice is to develop thousands of solar panels across four new prisons being built in England.

Of the 100,000 new jobs to result from the Green Homes Grant, only 14,500 of these have been created to date.

The Chancellor has been sent a further letter urging him to fully rollover unspent Green Homes Grant funding into 2021/22.

The solar sector has welcomed the including of solar PV with the Green Home Grant’s local authority allocation.