Author: Ewan Bent

Once a business has addressed energy demand reduction through, for example, efficient lighting and controls, heat control optimisation and reducing heat loss, attention naturally turns to generation technologies. For many, this starts and stops at rooftop solar PV. It is cost effective, accessible, familiar and easy to integrate. The issue though for a business aiming […]

Was yours one of the households involved in last winter’s demand flexibility (i.e. reduction) scheme? 1.6 million households and SMEs took part in the scheme, voluntarily reducing electricity demand for one to two hours, usually early evening, with a discount on their electricity bill as a reward. Now, this scheme is being rolled out to […]

Solid biomass fuel has been an unsung hero of the renewables transition in the last fifteen years. We’re not talking here about the much publicised wood pellets used in Drax Power station in Yorkshire, we’re going to explain the tens of thousands of biomass boilers that have been installed to heat homes, businesses and public […]

We’re delighted to have been nominated and shortlisted in the Sustainability Innovation Champion- Business Sector category of the Innovation Awards. We don’t know who nominated us, so whoever it was, thank you. If you’ve appreciated our work and would like to see us win in our category, then please do vote for us, it would […]

A fuel additive that will reduce diesel consumption by up to 8%? We were sceptical too when approached. Sounds like Snake Oil, or those ‘fantastic’ magnetic devices that you’d clamp over your fuel lines, from about 20 years ago. The more we’ve delved into it though, the more convinced we are that there’s something in […]

We’re just completed our third annual programme with Worcestershire Business Central, the Worcestershire Growth Hub, of providing support on energy, carbon and sustainability to businesses in the County. Here’s a few of examples of how we supported the businesses: Advice and support on the complex issue of full Scope 3 emissions reporting, for a medical […]

The Clean Tech Business Group have partnered with Shire Leasing to offer finance for energy saving or renewable energy projects for businesses and organisations. The finance can be in the form of loan, lease, lease-purchase or hire-purchase, as preferred by the business. Shire Finance are keen to be involved in this sector. Examples of the […]

For those businesses yet to engage with carbon reporting, it is impossible to imagine the carbon emissions from their various activities, so we thought we’d pull together some assorted examples. A 300 kW gas fired boiler, on a typical space heating duty               129.0 t / year A medium sized […]

Is now the time to consider introducing EVs into your car or van fleet? Plenty of businesses, large and small, already have. DPD, Siemens, Fruit 4 London, British Gas to name a few. Here we will examine some of the considerations and bust some of the myths that surround electric vehicles. Worried about backing the […]