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Nesta is an innovation agency for social good. We design, test and scale new solutions to society’s biggest problems, changing millions of lives for the better.
The signals we're watching in 2025 | Nesta
Jan 3, 2025 · These signals can be data points, observations or insights from the field that carry significant, if uncertain, implications for the future. Whether specific data points that might be weak signals of emergent change, or multiple signals pointing to a wider trend, our authors discuss why they matter and what they mean for the year ahead.
Household energy bills include green levies. What are they and …
Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) pay back households who installed renewable generation technology between 2010 and 2019 for each unit of electricity they produce. This is covered with £689 million a year from levies on domestic electricity bills at a rate of 0.7p per unit. This scheme is closed to new applicants and will wind down by 2039, with the …
Venture scale startups that matter: Launching Mission Studio 2.0
Join us this February as we launch Mission Studio 2.0 - a bold new chapter in mission-led innovation. As we bring Mission Studio operations fully in house, we’re doubling down on our vision: building transformative startups that tackle society’s hardest challenges, from achieving net zero to transforming public health.
The electricity-to-gas price ratio explained | Nesta
Mar 30, 2023 · How a green ratio of 2.5 to 1 would make a heat pump cheaper than a gas boiler over the same lifespan. The chart below takes an example home and demonstrates how the running cost of a heat pump compared to a gas boiler could be affected by different electricity-to-gas price ratios, upfront costs, efficiency or the cost of gas.
The problem with pylons - nesta
In June 2023, East Anglian protestors wrote to the King, appealing to his well-known environmental concerns, to highlight their campaign against a 180km stretch of new pylons between Norwich and Tilbury.And last year saw rising protests against thousands of miles worth of new overhead high-voltage electricity cables to connect sites of …
Cheaper electricity, fairer bills | Nesta
Dec 4, 2024 · A typical dual-fuel household currently pays roughly the same amount for their gas bill (£833) as electricity (£884), even though they use more than four times more gas than electricity (on an equivalent per-kWh basis). Because the gas price sets the electricity price 97% of the time the wholesale fuel cost component of electricity bills rises when gas gets expensive.
Expert analysis identifies the government interventions needed to …
Nov 3, 2024 · Spokespeople are available for background or broadcast interviews. For more information on the analysis or to speak to one of the experts involved, please contact Kieran Lowe on 020 7438 2628 or [email protected]. The Blueprint toolkit is the result of a 2 year collaboration with academic experts and civil servants in the field of obesity, health and the food system.
For the first time, UK household electricity prices rose to levels ...
Jun 20, 2024 · According to the latest statistics on international domestic energy prices from DESNZ covering the second half of 2023, electricity prices in the UK were more expensive than in any EU country, whereas gas prices were among the lowest.. High electricity prices affect UK household budgets, leaving a smaller portion of disposable income after housing and fuel costs.
Equity, diversity and inclusion at Nesta | Nesta
By 2027 we will: Goal 1: Have eliminated our gender and ethnicity pay gaps, and our gender and ethnicity progression gaps, at all levels of the organisation. Goal 2: At minimum, be representative of the UK on the following characteristics: ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and gender. Goal 3: At minimum, be representative of the UK for staff from more disadvantaged socioeconomic ...