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Liberty powers ahead with three heating and renewable energy contracts

Property services provider, Liberty, has secured three major contracts: a new renewable energy maintenance deal with Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC) and the retention of heating agreements with WCBC and Shropshire Town and Rural (STAR) Housing. In Wrexham, Liberty will ...

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Industry-first energy cost calculator is launched

A new Energy Cost Calculator to help organisations understand how rising non-commodity costs – the policy, network and system charges that fund the UK’s electricity infrastructure – could affect their energy invoices has been launched. npower Business Solutions (nBS), has designed the ...

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Long-term thinking

For facilities managers, the success of any energy investment comes down to more than just kilowatt hours and payback periods. Ongoing reliability, safety and efficient maintenance are crucial. In this article, Kitty Cunningham, Operations Director at Geo Green Power, explains ...

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Majority of businesses concerned about increase in costs to finance the net zero transition

Businesses are facing a wave of new costs to help finance the clean power transition, with a huge number of organisations concerned about the impact on confidence and competitiveness, according to the latest Business Energy Tracker from npower Business Solutions ...

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Updating energy assets

Outdated energy infrastructure could mean organisations are not getting the savings offered by modern alternatives. Alexandra Kuncewicz, Business Development Manager from Powerstar explains why The UK still has an ambitious net zero target of 2050, and many industry bodies have ...

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BCIS updates five-year maintenance, cleaning and energy forecast

Maintenance costs, as measured by the BCIS All-in Maintenance Cost Indices, are set to rise 15 per cent by 2Q2030, according to the latest forecast data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). Cleaning costs, mainly driven by labour costs, ...

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OCS partners with Scottish Water Horizons to deliver £2.4m solar carport at Scottish Water’s HQ

OCS has teamed up with Scottish Water Horizons to deliver one of the largest solar carports in the country at Scottish Water’s head office in Stepps, North Lanarkshire, in the west of Scotland. The £2.4 million project will see 2,250 ...

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GTEC Training awarded nearly £1m to train the UK’s green energy workforce

GTEC Training, a United Infrastructure company and provider of renewables and energy efficiency skills training in the UK, has been awarded £978,840 as part of the government’s Warm Homes scheme. The funding will help GTEC deliver a wide range of ...

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Industry-First Green Hydrogen Deals Signed by Andrex® and Kleenex® Producer, Kimberly-Clark

Andrex® and Kleenex® producer Kimberly-Clark, together with partners HYRO and Carlton Power, invest a combined £125 million into UK green hydrogen. The long-term offtaker hydrogen supply agreement is an industry-first in the FMCG sector in the UK and is signed ...

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To increase solar PV uptake government must level playing field for commercial landlords and tenants

Renewable energy firm, RenEnergy, is calling on the government to remove barriers to solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment in commercial leasehold properties, following the publication of a joint white paper with South Norfolk and Broadland District Council. Entitled ‘Solar PV on ...

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