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25th August 2020 The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), in collaboration with Innovate UK, has launched Phase 1 of the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF). BEIS will manage the IETF for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with £289 million to invest over 2 phases. Phase one has recently opened with up to […]

18th August 2020 On 24th April in the midst of Lockdown, we looked at the impact on electricity demand in the UK and work that National Grid ESO was doing to maintain system security. As we approach the end of summer and as lockdown continues to ease for most of us, it’s a good time […]

5th August 2020 “The clock is still ticking” was one of 2019’s catchphrases – thanks to Michel Barnier from the European Union. But for some of our Energy Intensive Industries and Climate Change Agreement (CCA) participants, the dial has slowed down a touch thanks to the recent Government announcement and a further extension in the […]

17th July 2020 The drive to achieve environmental sustainability is changing what communities, governments and customers expect of businesses. To transparently demonstrate their commitment to decarbonisation, businesses are increasingly expected to not only share their compliance, but to proactively document their vision and strategy for a sustainable future. With the operation of buildings accounting for […]

10 July 2020 The measures that have been put in place to manage the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic have had huge impacts on all aspects of our daily lives and the UK’s energy market has been going through high levels of turbulence as a result of the recent lockdown. As more and more organisations […]

8th July 2020 The good news is that we can all do a lot less washing up at home in August if we take full advantage of Rishi Sunak’s offer to pay 50% of our food bills when we eat out mid-week. Great news many will agree despite still having to pay full price for […]

30th June 2020 Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) As organisations start to open back up after lockdown, certain considerations need to be made to ensure the safety of staff, and potentially customers, who enter the workplace. The UK government has published guidance which outlines measures that should be taken before anyone returns to work. With […]

18th June 2020 Water can often seem like the “Cinderella” of the utility markets. Organisations often fail to pay the same time and attention to their procurement and usage as they commit to addressing energy supply and optimisation. But with most organisations needing to look afresh at controlling costs and many parts of the county […]

14th May 2020 One of the welcome announcements in Rishi Sunak’s March budget was the extension and re-opening of the CCA (Climate Change Agreement) scheme. Just to recap – this is a voluntary scheme that allows businesses with certain energy-intensive processes across 54 industrial sectors to claim discount on their Climate Change Levy (CCL). In […]

6th May 2020. Only this week the US Treasury has confirmed it’s borrowing a record $2.999 trillion (£2.41trn) in the quarter, more than five times the previous record set during the 2008 financial crisis. New car registrations for April in the UK were just 4,321; the lowest level since 1946. So, we know that we […]

24th April 2020 With UK demand significantly reduced due to the number of businesses that are closed, you might think that it is easy to supply the country’s needs. However, the current demand profiles are producing a number of challenges, particularly for the National Grid ESO. Since 18th March, the National Grid has been holding […]

20th April 2020 All of us at Inenco hope you are all well and keeping safe during this difficult period. We understand many businesses are facing a plethora of challenges in these unprecedented times and needed to shut down or scale back operations in great haste. It would be easy to miss some of the […]