In France, Some Public Pools Are Victims of Budget Woes
As temperatures rise, a vast but aging system is feeling the strains of rising energy costs, increasing water scarcity and mounting pressure on public budgets.
Energy Efficiency
Major UK gas boiler maker to start electric heat pump production in Hull
Exclusive: Ideal Heating’s £50m investment aims to build 60,000 pumps and train 5,000 installers a year One of Britain’s biggest boiler makers is to start manufacturing electric heat pumps to keep pace with what it describes as the biggest transformati…
Gas boiler lobby trying to delay UK’s heat pump plans, leak shows
Trade association, which promotes hydrogen for home heating, called for clean heat market mechanism to be pushed back to 2026Lobbyists for the gas boiler industry are trying to delay the introduction of new government measures to speed up the take-up o…
UK installations of heat pumps 10 times lower than in France, report finds
Analysts call on government to make pumps mandatory for all new homes and scale up grants for installation in existing propertiesThe UK is lagging far behind France and other EU countries in installing heat pumps, research has shown, with less than a t…
Labour’s plan to insulate more homes ‘would create 4m job opportunities’
Scheme aims to raise standard of insulation in 19m of the UK’s leakiest homesLabour has said that job opportunities for almost 4 million workers would be created under its plan to bring 19m of the UK’s leakiest homes up to an acceptable standard of ins…
Fixing UK’s draughty homes could add £40bn to economy, says Citizens Advice
Report finds that raising minimum energy efficiency standards by 2030 could have huge impact beyond billsFixing Britain’s draughty homes could add almost £40bn to the economy by the end of the decade by cutting energy use and improving health, accordin…
UK could unlock £70bn a year in renewable energy, report claims
Plausible for UK to become global clean energy superpower if investment is ramped upThe UK could unlock £70bn every year by generating enough clean electricity to become a major exporter of energy to mainland Europe, according to a former government ec…
Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle
The last three plants in Germany are scheduled to shut down by Saturday, while other European countries are looking to expand nuclear energy.
UK insulation scheme would take 300 years to meet government targets, say critics
Exclusive: National Energy Action says progress on energy efficiency is too slow and not well targeted at fuel-poor householdsThe government’s home insulation scheme would take 190 years to upgrade the energy efficiency of the UK’s draughty housing sto…
Delays to landlord energy efficiency standards will cost England’s renters £1bn
Delays mean private tenants in the 2.4m homes with an EPC rating below C will face years of high billsPrivate renters face paying an additional £1bn in gas and electricity bills because of delays in the introduction of new standards forcing landlords t…