Energy Efficiency
COP28 explainer: why hasn’t China signed the tripling renewables pledge?
DUBAI – Despite having worked on the global pledge for tripling renewables capacity for an entire year, alongside the COP28 presidency…
A heat pump alternative for a quarter of UK homes
Household heating is the source of 17% of the UK’s carbon emissions. Most of the country’s homes are still heated…
“Extraordinary” clean energy growth keeping 1.5°C door ajar – IEA’s Laura Cozzi
During October, the International Energy Agency (IEA), a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organisation, released two key reports analysing global progress in…
Calling all US climate leaders: the DoE’s Better Climate Challenge
The US Department of Energy (DoE) recently launched the first season of its Better Climate Challenge (BCC) Road Show, a…
Danfoss “Smart Store” launch sets a standard for energy-efficient supermarkets
To address the growing challenges of energy demand, rising costs and food loss, Danish energy technology company Danfoss has unveiled…
Energy crisis has 75% of European SMEs keen on renewables switch
More than half of Europe's small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) believe their countries’ dependency on fossil fuels is the root…
Scottish households turn up heat pumps and EVs to optimise wind
Piclo, a UK-based independent marketplace for grid flexibility services, has completed the first end-to-end flexibility transactions for the UK electricity…
UK no longer a leader on climate targets, the Climate Change Committee warns
The UK government’s commitment to hit net zero has been criticised by its statutory body for climate change. The…
Business as usual? Heating and cooling in the EU’s updated Renewable Energy Directive
On 28 June, a committee of MEPs finally signed off on a new EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), the…
EEFIG’s last day: a decade driving energy efficiency investments
Europe’s first – and only – formal energy efficiency financial institutions group, the EEFIG, is celebrating a decade of action…
