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UK government seen backing mandatory carbon reporting

Site Sponsor - Catalyst-Commercial.co.uk — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:42:47 +0000

The UK government is to decide by the end of the year whether to make greenhouse gas emissions reporting mandatory – and observers are hopeful that it will compel at least the largest companies to report on their carbon emissions.

The issue was put on the regulatory table by the previous administration’s Climate Change Act, passed in 2008, which charged the government with making reporting mandatory, or explaining to Parliament why it has not done so, by 6 April 2012.

The coalition government has been consulting on the issue, and is considering whether to make reporting mandatory for all large companies, all quoted companies, or all large corporate energy consumers.

Supporters of corporate reporting fear that ‘no’ would seem the likely answer, since the idea was conceived by a Labour government, and the current Conservative-Liberal Democrat government has expressed its intention to lighten the regulatory burden upon business.

http://www.environmental-finance.com/news/view/2116

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Energy price to hit six million households

Site Sponsor - Catalyst-Commercial.co.uk — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:00:53 +0000

The energy giant is the last to put up prices, following moves by British Gas, EDF Energy, E. ON, npower, Scottish Power and SSE, which takes the typical household energy bill up from £1,132 to £1,293 – an increase of £161. The increase brings to an end a year of misery for consumers where energy bills rocketed by 21pc or £224 on average.

Energy customers in some of the poorer parts of the UK are paying more for their domestic fuel than those in the more prosperous South.

According to a nationwide study issued by Energyhelpline.com, the postcode lottery means that those living in Merseyside and North Wales are paying the highest typical electricity and gas bills in the country with an average customer on £1,373 a year. This is £80 more than those in London and £79 more than those in Southern England. While the North West England region customers are paying the second highest typical bill at £1,341 a year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/household-bills/8881051/Energy-price-to-hit-six-million-households.html

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Cuts to solar panel scheme could be ‘phased in’ after public backlash

Site Sponsor - Catalyst-Commercial.co.uk — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:07:18 +0000

The Government is under huge pressure over the turmoil caused to people and businesses because cuts to the “feed-in tariff” scheme are coming in so quickly on December 12.

Thousands of homeowners have been caught out because their applications for new panels are stuck in the planning system or waiting for a connection to the power grid.

They have paid up to £4,000 in deposits for their installations but there is little hope of meeting the deadline before the subsidy is halved, which is likely to make their investment uneconomic.

Concerned by the backlash, Greg Barker, the Climate Change Minister, is considering whether to “phase in” the cuts to help people who are losing out because they will narrowly miss the deadline, according to sources in the department.

However, he will only be able to do this if there is enough money left in the £867 million budget after a consultation period finishes at the end of December.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8883989/Cuts-to-solar-panel-scheme-could-be-phased-in-after-public-backlash.html

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Today’s UK Business Gas Prices

Site Sponsor - Catalyst-Commercial.co.uk — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:07:16 +0000

British spot gas rose more than 7 percent on Monday morning as exports to mainland Europe increased and supply fell short of demand, while curve contracts were buoyed by government reshuffles in Greece and Italy.Gas for immediate delivery surged to 57.60 pence per therm as utilities in Europe leaned heavily on imports from Britain as heating demand increased, sucking 42 million cubic meters/day (mcm/day) away from the UK.        http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL5E7ME1V520111114

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New lighting saves Welsh Water £70k/year

Site Sponsor - Catalyst-Commercial.co.uk — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:12:38 +0000

Cardiff, UK – Welsh Water has reduced its electricity bills by £70,000/year as a result of a programme undertaken by Energys Group across 41 Welsh Water sites. The project involved replacing old-style fluorescent lamps with energy-efficient equivalents using its Save It Easy retrofit converter.

Lighting is an essential part of keeping the company running safely, but for Welsh Water it was also an overlooked energy drain, with its old-style T8 fluorescent lamps using an excessive amount of electricity. The obvious solution was to upgrade to new, energy-efficient T5 lamps, but the process for upgrading was not as straightforward as it seemed.

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Charity in solar cut legal action

Site Sponsor - Catalyst-Commercial.co.uk — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:11:21 +0000

Friends of the Earth is taking the government to court over its plans to halve the subsidies for households that install solar electricity.

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The UK Shale Gas Rush…

Site Sponsor - Catalyst-Commercial.co.uk — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:44:20 +0000

Once again shale Gas is subject of debate between conservatives and non-conservatives about whether it can solve Britain’s energy and gas crisis. On one side we have the Energy Select Committee, lead by Tim Yeo, who advocates on the potential benefits that shale gas could bring the UK economy. On the other side we have environmentalists, backed by Lord Redesdale, who believe anaerobic digestion is the way forward.

http://www.catalyst-commercial.co.uk/blog/latest-news/the-shale-gas-rush/

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Didn’t they do well?

Site Sponsor - Catalyst-Commercial.co.uk — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:49:42 +0000

FOR ALL THEIR green efforts, the Big Four found themselves ranked lower than some would have expected in the first carbon reduction league table.

The newly introduced government scheme forces companies, which spend at least £500,000 annually on energy bills, to pay for and report on their carbon emissions. Based on the reports, the government has published the first league table of how these businesses faired against each other.

The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) not only hits the wallets of companies, but publicly reveals their achievements, or lack of.

Organisations collated a year’s worth of information to April 2011, before submitting it to the government.

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UK British prompt gas prices rose on Thursday

Site Sponsor - Catalyst-Commercial.co.uk — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:22:12 +0000

British prompt gas prices rose on Thursday as exports to Europe surged and supplies from Norway fell, making the system short of gas.

Gas for immediate delivery rose 2 pence to 59 pence-per-therm as supply fell short of demand, while day-ahead gas traded 1.8 pence higher at 58.50 pence.

Britain exported 56 million cubic meters/day (mcm/day) to Belgium on Thursday, as continental buyers snapped up comparatively cheaper gas from the UK.

Benchmark summer 2012 gas was little changed at 66.45 pence.

http://www.lngworldnews.com/uk-prompt-gas-prices-rise-2/

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Provider Warns Of Increased Energy Prices

Site Sponsor - Catalyst-Commercial.co.uk — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:22:50 +0000

One of the UK’s biggest energy companies has warned that the age of cheap energy prices has ended.

Npower said that unless investment of at least £200bn is made in Britain’s energy infrastructure, prices will spiral, and the Government could be forced to backtrack heavily on its carbon reduction targets.

Volker Beckers, chief executive of RWE npower, told Sky’s Jeff Randall Live that it was important not to sacrifice the cost of supply to reduce its carbon impact.

He blamed the recent increase in energy prices on a rise in the cost of oil and other global commodities, but said companies like npower had tried to reduce the impact on consumers.

“Energy companies have managed volatility in wholesale prices,” he said.

The International Energy Agency warned oil prices could hit $150 a barrel over the next five years unless $100bn is invested every year in North African and Middle Eastern oil fields.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/provider-warns-increased-energy-prices-204215781.html

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