17 June 2021

Nottingham City Council is expected to bring the company that provides district heating and electricity to some of its most deprived local communities in-house for an estimated transfer cost of £500,000.

31 March 2021

The Green Homes Grant voucher scheme ends today, reportedly due to lack of take-up. Here, Richard Daley and Stephen Fox outline what councils need to do to increase retrofit activity.

11 January 2021

Stuart Urquart says the most appropriate EV charging infrastructure procurement option for a particular authority will depend on a number of options, including the risk appetite of each party.

24 November 2020

Local government insiders tell Heather Jameson that the Government’s 10-point action plan for tackling climate change isn’t ambitious enough either in terms of the scale of the vision or about what role councils should play.

18 November 2020

A £40m green energy deal could provide a blueprint for local authorities seeking to reduce carbon emissions and cut costs, according to the City of London Corporation.

03 November 2020

The council is facing a review into its handling of Robin Hood Energy, over which the authority incurred millions of pounds in losses.

26 October 2020

Ben Houchen says that with the former SSI steelworks site in Redcar now the UK’s largest industrial zone, something monumental is now underway – ‘and we can continue to help recover the wider Tees Valley’.

21 October 2020

Local authorities, as custodians of place, are in a unique position to lead the way on defining their carbon footprint and addressing their own carbon targets, says ENGIE's Haydn Scarborough.

16 September 2020

ENGIE is seeking out and supporting council clients – particularly those who have a clear climate change commitment, assertive leadership and adequate resources to deliver their climate emergency action plans, says Colin Macpherson.

11 September 2020

Moving to a low carbon world, the required level of data granularity and quality will be critical. But with that will come considerable benefits for councils and the communities they serve, says Stephen Stead.

08 September 2020

Ahmed Goga  explains the levers that local and central government policymakers can deploy to drive a green recovery through local enterprise.

04 September 2020

Robin Hood Energy is to be closed by Nottingham City Council after five years.

30 August 2020

If the UK can take the lead on moving beyond carbon by significant retrofit of its existing housing stock, then other large economies will follow suit to help save our planet, says Andy Merrin of Engie.

28 August 2020

The council will implement a raft of measures in a bid to improve oversight of its companies after its energy firm incurred a £24m loss.

25 August 2020

The council aims to raise £1m to fund a green energy project.

05 August 2020

Nottingham City Council has written-off £24m of debt owed by its energy company, newly-released figures have shown.

08 July 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced £1bn will be made available to improve the energy efficiency of public buildings, including schools and hospitals.

25 June 2020

Cllr Steve Count explains why 21 councils have joined forces with UK100 to create  - and this week to launch  - the Countryside Climate Network.

11 June 2020

Councils are driving the climate change agenda locally, says Cllr Sir Richard Leese. They can be the catalyst for a new green jobs bonanza to help recovery, he adds.

03 June 2020

Bristol City Council has given the go-ahead to put its loss-making energy company up for sale.