Energy savings begin at home, DTI says

Greater energy efficiency for households and transport will be promoted in the Government’s long-awaited Energy Review, which will be launched tomorrow. The initiative will propose grants for the “fuel poor” – poorer households – to insulate their homes and cut down on carbon emissions.

The review comes after the chief executive of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell, Jeroen van der Veer, admitted it would be another 20 to 30 years before renewable forms of energy became “really big business”.

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