Falling costs of renewable generation, particularly wind and solar, have led to good progress being made to decarbonise the electricity sector. This is now driving demand for new and innovative methods for providing storage and flexibility in the electricity system.
Hydrogen’s role in the future UK energy system Read More »
During the Spring Statement on Wednesday (13 March) the Government announced that it will introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025, so that new build homes are future-proofed with low carbon heating and “world leading levels of energy efficiency.”
Gas heating in new homes will be banned from 2025 Read More »
Currently energy suppliers in the UK can only sell energy to customers in strict units known as kilowatt hours (kWh). But through a government-backed trial run by Energy Systems Catapult, Bristol Energy is offering households the chance to buy a ‘Heat Plan’ tailored to their individual home and lifestyle.
First trial selling ‘heat as a service’ instead of KWh Read More »
Two new insight reports released by the Institute suggest that by utilising the emergence of “connected home” data, energy providers can look towards providing heat and comfort as a packaged service rather than simply the selling of units of fuel.
ETI calls for rethink over heat Read More »
The panel event on low carbon heating followed the government’s recent announcement in the clean growth strategy, published a fortnight ago, that it had identified three options for decarbonising heating.
Discarding gas grid would be ‘insanity’ Read More »
