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Arlene Foster denies responsibility for botched RHI scheme

Northern Ireland’s ex-first minister has denied responsibility for the province’s non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive even though she had departmental responsibility for the botched scheme.

7 years ago

Heat networks investment scheme to launch this autumn

The government has announced that it will be launching its programme to kickstart the mass roll out of heat networks this autumn.

7 years ago

Energy UK calls for review of RHI by end of year

The government should undertake a review of the under fire Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme by the end of this year, according to a new Energy UK report.

7 years ago

Government proposes to lower threshold for Eco scheme

The government is looking at lowering the thresholds for the companies that must operate the ECO (Energy Company Obligation) scheme.

7 years ago

Government to review ‘optimum mix’ of low carbon heating

The Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) department’s top civil servant has pledged that the government will outline its review of the options for decarbonising the UK’s heat system by the end of this year.

7 years ago

Electricity networks must evolve to keep up with the pace of change

"Central to becoming smarter and answering those questions is increasing the knowledge we have"

7 years ago

BEIS to ‘prepare the ground’ for low-carbon heating

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has issued a call for evidence to “prepare the ground” for the decarbonisation of heating.

7 years ago

Ian Paisley ‘lobbied’ Ofgem over RHI application

DUP MP Ian Paisley Jr lobbied a senior Ofgem official to accept an application for lucrative subsidies under Northern Ireland’s renewable heat incentive (RHI) even through it had missed a key deadline, a public inquiry has been informed.

7 years ago

Vital Energi wins £1.3 million contract

Vital Energy has been awarded a contract of £1.3 million to expand an energy centre at Keele University and install a heating network connecting it to the new Central Science Laboratories (CSL) building.

7 years ago

Does the RHI have a future?

With a scandal in Northern Ireland and a damning NAO report for the rest of the UK, is the Renewable Heat Incentive reformable, or should it just be scrapped? David Blackman reports.

7 years ago

The freedom to decarbonise heat

"The untested assumption has been that the decarbonisation of heat signals the end of the gas network"

7 years ago

Are council-backed entrants the answer to the fuel poverty problem?

Nottingham has a big fuel poverty problem. According to the government’s latest breakdown of fuel

7 years ago

Campaigners call for ‘rescue plan’ for failing heat networks

Fuel Poverty Action has called for an “industry-wide rescue plan” to save consumers connected to

7 years ago

Heat networks call for regulation to protect consumers and investors

The Heat Network Task Force has called for a new regulatory framework for district heating

7 years ago

Scottish low carbon energy schemes could net £10 million of funding

Low carbon energy projects will be able to benefit from up to £10 million-worth of support from a £60 million Scottish government fund launched earlier this week.

7 years ago

Small modular reactors could be ‘crucial’ to decarbonisation

Small modular reactors could play a “crucial role” in the decarbonisation of the energy system, according to a new report from Policy Exchange.

7 years ago

Event review: home is where the heat is

If the UK is to meet its future emissions reduction targets, it will have to decarbonise heat. A Utility Week roundtable, held in association with the Energy Systems Catapult, considered how.

7 years ago

Green gas hailed as catalyst for Scotland’s energy goals

Green gas could enable Scotland to meet energy goals outlined in the country’s first Energy

7 years ago

2018 will be far from plain sailing for gas networks

This year Ofgem will begin their formal consultation for RIIO GD2 – the next price

7 years ago

CMA to investigate heat networks

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a study into domestic heat networks, in response

7 years ago

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