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The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) and the Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE) have collaborated to reveal how residents and businesses across Greater Manchester are benefiting from energy efficiency and local, low carbon energy supply.
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Our infographic reveals the tangible benefits and potential for heat networks in the UK.
Following a concerted campaign led by the ADE and supported by other leading trade associations such as the CBI and the EEF, the Chancellor announced that highly efficient CHP would be exempt from the carbon price floor tax from 2015. This will deliver £70m a year in tax relief to CHP operators.
The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE), in collaboration with demand side response (DSR) aggregators, has published a voluntary Code of Conduct ahead of the launch of the Flex Assure Scheme that took place in May 2019. Called Flex Assure, the Code sets common standards for those who coordinate or ‘aggregate’ demand response from individual consumers.
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is carrying forward a package of reforms that present a risk to the existing regulatory drivers for CHP and district heating in the built environment. The “Red Tape Challenge” aims to remove local planning authority (LPA) powers to specify carbon saving measures on specific sites.
The Local Government Climate and Energy Strategy Series provides a comprehensive, straightforward overview of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction strategies for local governments.
The energy debate is centre stage. Decision makers and the voters they represent increasingly feel that the market does not deliver fair value and that policies to move to a secure, low carbon energy system are costing too much. The result is growing mistrust across the energy sector. If we are to rebuild trust, the debate needs to move beyond switching suppliers, towards placing control of energy back into the hands of the energy user.
Individual heat metering and charging (IMC) are seen as promising methods to reduce domestic heating and hot water use through the provision of financial incentives. The heat consumption measured by meters is influenced by both the dwelling characteristics and the behaviour of the occupant, but heating charges would ideally relate to occupant behaviour only. This dilemma can be especially relevant under two circumstances: if the thermal performance of the dwelling is poor and/or if heating costs represent a substantial part of the occupants’ income, i.e. in social housing.
