The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) supports the deployment of renewable and low-carbon heating technologies. The scheme helps to bridge the gap between the cost of renewable heating systems and the conventional alternatives. The Non-Domestic RHI opened in November 2011. It supports the installation of renewable heating by businesses, charities and in the public sector, and systems supplying heat to more than one domestic property. The Domestic RHI, which provides support to individual households, opened in April 2014. In November 2015,...

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Today (23rd February 2017) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published the guidance for landlords and enforcement authorities on the minimum level of energy efficiency required to let non-domestic property under the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015. This long awaited guidance details the standards against which compliance of the minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) will be measured and gives clarity to the many unanswered questions that we have been asking since...

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Carbon2018 invites you to its Energy Legislation Double Bill Event on Tuesday 28th March 2017. The event runs from 8am to 11.30am. To reserve your place please complete the contact form.  

The government’s White Paper on Brexit was published on 2nd February 2017. It has confirmed plans to transpose the current framework of environmental regulation set out in EU (European Union) legislation into UK law. The document, entitled ‘The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union’ was published by the Department for Exiting the European Union, and sets out the government’s vision ahead of the negotiations. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis said:...

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The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has unveiled its much-anticipated green paper, outlining plans to transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy. Unfortunately the industrial strategy document has been met with criticism that it does not offer enough tangible evidence that we are on the best pathway to a low-carbon economy? The Green Paper provides a strong signal in areas such as green innovation and climate change resilience but offers little assistance with carbon capture and storage innovations...

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