Local authority leaders from across the UK have been working to address the challenge of climate change since at least the early 1990s, with the advent of Agenda 21, the United Nations’ non-binding action plan on sustainable development, produced at the Rio Earth Summit 1992.
Making climate change local with UK100 Read More »
Recently, I travelled around Cornwall. I visited amazing hotels, beautiful beaches and rugged countryside landscapes. I was not, however, on holiday, but visiting our Local Energy Market (LEM) project, which has installed a range of low carbon energy technologies into the businesses I visited, including the stunning Carbis Bay Hotel and the charismatic Olde House farm and holiday retreat.
Local energy in action Read More »
Allowing local energy projects to avoid system charges could result in escalating costs being passed through to customers, especially poorer and less engaged consumers who are unlikely to be participants in such schemes.
Local microgrids must pay network charges Read More »
Populating local energy markets with enough participants to enable services to be bought and sold easily will be “a real challenge”, according to a senior figure at Electricity North West.
Liquidity will be ‘a real challenge’ for local energy markets Read More »
With local energy technologies developing rapidly, a new report from IMechE is calling for more trials to take place on campuses as they are well-suited to test new technologies thanks to their academic expertise and ownership of large areas of land and buildings.
Call for more local energy trials at universities Read More »
The £19 million Local Energy Market trial has been developed to support the stability of Cornwall’s grid, which is increasingly constrained due to the high penetration of renewables in the county.
Batteries installed in 100 homes as part of local energy trial Read More »
The competition is part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund programme, prospering from the energy revolution. The challenge was established to support industry, academia, public bodies and local communities to work together and develop a world-leading, smart local energy systems industry in the UK.
£30m funding for smart energy systems up for grabs Read More »
