European Ground Source Heat Pump Association (EGSHPA) | The Authority on Renewable Energy

The forecast regarding the sustained viability of grid-scale energy storage in the future and the wide-scale, practical application of grid-scale energy storage technology is optimistic, with a predicted average year-on-year demand growth of 231% from 2012 through 2015. This is despite the forecast being tempered by a cautionary note that demand of that magnitude cannot [...]

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British Gas has issued a news statement detailing the fact that it has begun rolling out the most advanced smart meter available into its customers’ homes. The new meter, which comes with what we are told is a “stylish” touch-screen display is intended to show households how much energy they are using on a daily basis [...]

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A new scheme being launched today by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg promises to help families cut their bills by up to UKGBP £100. There are calls, however, for more to be done to protect the hardest hit from descending into fuel poverty. Under the new initiative, brought about by a deal with the [...]

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While we know that it was the ancient Roman system of underfloor heating known as hypocaust (Latin hypocaustum, Greek hypocauston) that was used to heat houses with hot air — this technology’s latest iteration comes from renewables specialist, Nu-Heat, who has added another floor construction to its portfolio. LoPro10 is a cement based floating floor [...]

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A new web application, developed by the UK’s Centre for Sustainable Energy to support the planning and deployment of local, low-carbon energy projects in England, has been launched by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The National Heat Map is a publicly accessible resource providing high-resolution maps of heat demand across England. It aims [...]

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Technology analyst house RedMonk has highlighted its GreenMonk operational division, focused on the provision of advisory services to help a range of organisations better understand how sustainability issues will affect them. For over a decade now we have been working to operate as the first open source analyst company. “Content wants to be free, so [...]

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EGSHPA has learnt that the UK’s National Trust, along with a coalition of civil society leaders from organisations with over twelve million members, has called for community energy to play a substantial role in meeting the climate change targets. Leading figures from The Co-operative; the National Trust; The National Federation of Women’s Institutes; the Church [...]

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  Technology giant Microsoft has announced that it is committing to CarbonSystems’ Environmental Sustainability Platform (ESP) Cloud service as its new global standard for management of all its energy, efficiency and environmental-performance reporting requirements. The system will be used right across the firm’s entire global operations, which comprise over 600 facilities in 110 countries. According [...]

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  BBC news has reported that public buildings in the Scottish Orkney Islands group have installed ground source heat pump technology with a view to cutting carbon emissions by 30%. Work reportedly already under way to appoint ground source heat pumps at Orkney’s four newest public buildings. According to the BBC, “The technology harnesses the [...]

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Adrian Bridgwater New research from business-to-business energy supplier, Opus Energy, suggests a growing level of interest among small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in generating renewable energy from their own businesses, with one third (32%) expecting to introduce solar panels, wind turbines, ground source heating solutions or anaerobic digestion for example. A total of 38% expect [...]

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This February 2012 an independent energy watchdog was urgently needed to help businesses resolve lengthy and financially crippling disputes with energy suppliers, according to the Energy Advice Line. The price comparison and switching service for businesses said some firms were being turned away by the Energy Ombudsman resulting in some disputes going unresolved for years [...]

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Spending by large UK firms on energy, environment and sustainability initiatives will grow at an average of 16% a year between 2012 and 2015, according to a new market forecast from independent analyst firm Verdantix. The growth in sustainable business spending in 2012 will be 12%, which is twenty times faster than the forecasted growth [...]

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The Research Council of Norway has granted NOK 24 million to the four-year project NEXT-Drill, in which scientists and industry will develop the technology and tools needed to produce geothermal heat from the earth. Geothermal heat is available all over the world, and is a clean, stable, inexhaustible, and “weather-proof” source of energy. At our [...]

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Spending by large UK firms on energy, environment and sustainability initiatives will grow at an average of 16% a year between 2012 and 2015, according to a new market forecast from independent analyst firm Verdantix. The growth in sustainable business spending in 2012 will be 12%, which is twenty times faster than the forecasted growth [...]

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