Tag Archives: DECC

Home Insulation Levels in Great Britain

17 June 2011Statistical release by DECC on the estimates of home insulation levels in Great Britain (April 2011). No regional information is provided unfortunately, however, this release does include an estimate of the number of homes with Solid Wall Insulation (SWI) for the first time – a significant issue for London due to the high proportion of solid wall homes.

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DECC regional energy statistics

8  June 2011: Latest release of DECC regional energy (gas/electricity) domestic and non-domestic consumption statistics including detailed data for London.

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    Energy Saving Trust to become social enterprise

    23 May 2011: With the announcement made by DECC last week as part of their Delivery Review that core funding of the Energy Saving Trust (and Carbon Trust) is to stop at the end of this financial year, the Chief Executive of the Energy Saving Trust, Philip Sellwood, has announced that the EST is to now become a social enterprise and will seek charitable status. Core to the Trust’s activities going forward will be a number of regional energy saving programmes, with the trust looking to expand such initiatives.

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    Design a Pylon!

    23 May 2011: Don’t like London’s pylon’s? DECC have announced today a competition to help design a new generation of pylons. As the press release states “As well as exploring the design of the pylon itself, the competition aims to explore the relationship between energy infrastructure and the environment within which it needs to be located.” The competition closes on 12 July – further details on DECC’s website here. If you want some design ideas have a look at the Pylon Appreciation Society’s website!

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    New DECC CHP Site Assessment Tool

    16 May 2011: New DECC tool posted on CHP Focus website allowing users to “get an indicative assessment and review potential options for installing CHP on a particular site and it has been carefully designed for users who have limited knowledge of CHP.”

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    FIT Update

    13 May 2011: DECC Feed in Tariff capacity – monthly update

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    DECC disband local government team

    10 May 2011: A tweet (10 May) from the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) ‘Local Energy’ initiative stating that DECC’s Local Government has now been disbanded.

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    LGA Briefing on the Energy Bill

    6 May 2011: Local Government Association (LGA) briefing sets out the key issues for local government on the Energy Bill ahead of its Second Reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday 10th May 2011.

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    Sharing information on emissions from Local Authority own estate and operations

    13 April 2011: Letter from Minister for Energy, Greg Barker, to Chief Executives of Councils in England, on sharing information on greenhouse gas emissions from Local Authority own estate and operations. This is to help establish a successor to national indicator 185. DECC letter and further information on this data gathering exercise.

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    Energy Price Data

    March 2011: DECC’s publication,Quarterly Energy Prices, provides detailed information, geographically broken down (including for London), for gas and electricity prices.

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    DECC – LGA Memorandum of Understanding

    9 March 2011: The MoU sets out how DECC and the Local Government (LG) Group will work together to help and encourage all councils to take firm action to reduce carbon emissions

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    DECC – LGA – MOU

    9 March 2011:Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and Councillor Richard Kemp, Vice-Chair of the Local Government Association, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to recognise the pivotal role that local councils have in tackling climate change. Download the MOU from DECC’s website here.

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