Resource Centre

Q & A:
Munton’s £16.5m Low Carbon Energy Centre

Aidan, Jonathan and Mark have been working together to manage the delivery of a £16.5 million low carbon energy centre for leading malt product manufacturer and distributor, Muntons. Funded by AMP Clean Energy, the initiative will see the maltster save 15.5 thousand tonnes of carbon per annum at its plant in Stowmarket.

Vital Energi has been contracted to develop the energy centre which will include a biomass boiler and a Gas CHP system with waste heat recovery. It will decarbonise 100,000,000 kWh of heat load each year.
We interviewed Aidan, Jonathan and Mark to find out how the project, which was incubated during a global pandemic, is progressing, the challenges faced and the role of the three businesses in the project development.

How to fund a solar project with no upfront cost

Many businesses are looking at installing solar panels as a way to help reduce their carbon footprint, cut down on electricity bills and provide them with protection against volatile energy prices. However, during the current uncertain economic climate, there is understandably some nervousness about committing to major investment in technologies like solar, even if it […]

Guest Blog:
Hassan Agalit, KTP Research Associate, Birmingham Energy Institute at the University of Birmingham

An innovative project by AMP Clean Energy and The University of Birmingham aims to design, build and implement a thermal energy storage system, using a quarter of the space of conventional systems. Having won funding from Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme, Research Associate Hassan Agalit has been tasked with working in the lab […]

Making the most of solar opportunities in the commercial and industrial market

Solar has established itself as a key source of renewable electricity in the UK, and recent figures from analyst EnAppSys stated that solar output increased to 12.04TWh in 2020 from 11.77TWh in 2019. With the Committee on Climate Change estimating that 75GW-90GW of solar capacity will be required to meet net zero by 2050, and […]

Guest Blog:
Liz MacFarlane, Director at Segen and Non-Exec Director at Solar Energy UK

Liz MacFarlane, Director at leading renewable energy distributor Segen, discusses the role of the UK solar industry in helping to build the green recovery. Liz also explores why Segen and AMP Clean Energy are working together to boost solar opportunities and help support the UK’s path to net zero.  What is the current state of […]

Let’s ensure ‘best use’ of biomass accelerates our net zero heat ambitions

Richard Burrell, CEO, AMP Clean Energy With the UK’s sights set firmly on the green recovery, decarbonising heat, which accounts for more than a third of annual UK emissions, is crucial to meeting our net zero targets. Over the last few months the Government has launched a number of support schemes for low carbon heat […]

All roads to Net Zero need flexibility

By Mark Tarry, MD of AMP Clean Energy’s Urban Reserve project In its most recent Future Energy Scenarios (FES), National Grid ESO made significant changes to its scenario framework to reflect the changes needed so the UK can hit its net zero by 2050 target. Three of them – Consumer Transformation, System Transformation and Leading […]

The Corona Effect: will it slow down or advance net zero?

Richard Burrell, Chief Executive of AMP Clean Energy The ongoing economic fall-out of the Coronavirus has been well documented. Large corporates to SMEs now find themselves having to prioritise their long-term financial future over everything else. With corporates leading the net zero charge before the pandemic hit, will business now drop or pick up the […]