Energy in Demand News, May 25-26, 2025

While there has been more environmental reporting, there have also been more academic studies that prove that there are serious grounds for doubt about the published environmental results. A Financial Times newsletter refers to one draft paper from King’s College London that uses data from Climate Trace, an open-access initiative that takes inputs from more … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, May 25-26, 2025 →

Social Climate Fund could subsidise up to 20 million heat pumps across Europe, new study finds

A new study finds that investing just one-third of the Social Climate Fund, the EU could subsidise up to 20 million heat pumps across the EU by 2032. This would be enough to reach all energy-poor households in nine EU countries and slash EU gas demand by 11% — nearly as much as the EU imported from Russia in 2024. The EU Social … Continue reading Social Climate Fund could subsidise up to 20 million heat pumps across Europe, new study finds →

Survey of attitudes towards heat pumps in four European countries

In an article on The Conversation website, Aimee Ambrose, Professor of Energy Policy, Member of Fuel Poverty Evidence and Trustee of the Fuel Poverty Research Network, Sheffield Hallam University discusses a three-year study to better understand attitudes towards heat pumps in Finland, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom. What do you think of the results? … Continue reading Survey of attitudes towards heat pumps in four European countries →

Energy in Demand News, January 19, 2025

It was welcome news this week from the Coalition for Energy Savings that, according to latest Eurostat data, there was a sharp drop of the EU's primary and final energy consumption in 2023. Compared to 2022, primary energy consumption dropped by 3.9% and final energy consumption lowered by 3%. This is the largest decline since … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, January 19, 2025 →

Are heat pumps worth it?

Experts at Confused.com Energy clarify some of the points of confusion in the UK about heat pumps Will you be forced to get a heat pump? Experts reveal 5 key things you need to know Despite 2024 being a record-breaking year for heat pump installations - nearly 60,000 air source heat pumps installed in the UK … Continue reading Are heat pumps worth it? →

Energy efficiency taken seriously in Türkiye

A news item on the Daily Sabah news website shows the importance of improving energy efficiency in Türkiye. Improved energy efficiency is seen as crucial for sustainable development and combating climate change. For readers wanting more information on what the country is doing, there is a good assessment in the IEA’s Turkey 2021 Energy Policy … Continue reading Energy efficiency taken seriously in Türkiye →

Energy in Demand News, October 6, 2024

Congratulations to the UK to finally bid farewell to the power of King Coal with the closing of its last coal-fired power plant. Britain opened the world’s first coal-burning power plant in 1882 (built by Thomas Edison) and now has become the first major country to end coal-fired power. Renewables’ share of UK electricity jumped … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, October 6, 2024 →

Energy in Demand, July 7, 2024

The Financial Times columnist, Martin Wolf, argued this week (behind a paywall) that market forces are not enough to halt climate change. He notes that our efforts to decarbonise are going poorly. Furthermore, people just do not want to pay the price of decarbonising the economy. In explaining the global rise in electricity from fossil … Continue reading Energy in Demand, July 7, 2024 →

Blog by Stephen Davies: Natural gas is ‘clean’: unveiling the myth and proposing a sustainable alternative

The imperative to pivot toward sustainable energy practices has never been more critical, given the escalating climate emergency facing our planet. Against this backdrop, many are telling people that natural gas is a ‘clean’ alternative to conventional fossil fuels. However, this assertion skims over the complex, often detrimental environmental ramifications associated with its extraction and … Continue reading Blog by Stephen Davies: Natural gas is ‘clean’: unveiling the myth and proposing a sustainable alternative →

Infrared fabric heat-emitting “wallpaper” avoids the disruption and expense of heat pumps

Hundreds of millions of buildings across the world need clean heating. But retrofitting them all for heat pump installation is going to be expensive, disruptive, and take a long time. In an article on the Conversation website, Michael Siebert at Nottingham Trent University describes a completely different approach, using new high-tech infrared fabrics that emit … Continue reading Infrared fabric heat-emitting “wallpaper” avoids the disruption and expense of heat pumps →