ADE

'No regrets fiscal stimulus': Firms intensify calls to ditch VAT on energy efficiency upgrades

Taxation

'No regrets fiscal stimulus': Firms intensify calls to ditch VAT on energy efficiency upgrades

Ahead of the Chancellor’s spring statement, trade groups and energy companies yet again urge Treasury to leverage tax system to accelerate green home retrofit market

clock 18 February 2022 • 4 min read
Fear and loathing in Glasgow

Infrastructure

Fear and loathing in Glasgow

Ian Calvert, director of the Association for Decentralised Energy, offers a 'Gonzo' take on his experience of COP26 in Glasgow - aka 'a savage journey to the heart of the Climate Dream'

clock 25 November 2021 • 5 min read

Infrastructure

The publicity campaign for green careers starts now

Lucinda Dann from the Association for Decentralised Energy argues that businesses need to showcase the benefits of green careers

clock 15 July 2021 • 3 min read

Infrastructure

Speed is not the solution to our stuttering green home retrofit roll-out

Quick, ineffective initiatives to stimulate a booming market for home retrofits risk stealing precious time and causing further delay, explains Kelly Greer of the Association for Decentralised Energy

clock 01 June 2021 • 3 min read

Efficiency

We need to move on from the theoretical electric heat pump vs hydrogen debate

With pipes connecting each building, and an individual heat pump in each property, much more than 20 per cent of homes couple be served by a heat network in the UK, writes Kensa Group's Karl Drage

clock 22 April 2021 • 4 min read

Infrastructure

Can the public sector drive business decarbonisation?

The buying power of public sector organisations can have a huge influence on the market for green products and services, writes Dr Joanne Wade from the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE)

clock 03 March 2021 • 3 min read

Infrastructure

Decentralised energy, decentralised skills, and decentralised profits

Britain has the potential to make a lot of money in efficient, decentralised energy, argues Lucy Symons-Jones of the Association for Decentralised Energy

clock 20 January 2021 • 3 min read

Energy

Smart home energy market the focus of new consumer protection drive

Citizens Advice teams up with energy industry groups to try and identify any gaps in consumer protections for burgeoning flexible home energy market

clock 15 January 2021 • 3 min read

Infrastructure

Back to the Future: Covid-19 offers a glimpse of a future net-zero electricity system

ADE's Rick Parfett argues a flexible, zero carbon electricity system is possible by focusing on integrated flexibility and efficiency, strong carbon signals, and better data

clock 12 June 2020 • 5 min read

Infrastructure

How Covid-19 could shape the heat sector's route to net zero

Charlotte Owen of the Association for Decentralised Energy sets out three key Covid-19 lessons for delivering net zero heat

clock 05 May 2020 • 3 min read