16 April 2025
Connections Reform – OFGEM Grants Approval
Today marks a major milestone in energy infrastructure reform, as OFGEM has officially approved the G99 Connections Reform process. This achievement is the result of a coordinated national effort involving the National Energy System Operator (NESO), the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), National Grid […]
Read story4 October 2023
The beginning of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
CBAM is the system linking import tariffs and carbon emissions.
Read story7 September 2023
UK Rejoins Horizon Europe: A New Dawn for Research and Innovation
The United Kingdom has officially rejoined Horizon Europe, and Decerna is ready to provide LCA services within consortia.
Read story9 June 2023
Decerna Group expands board to include non-executive directors
Decerna Group is expanding its board to include two non-executive directors, Aleksandra Klassen and Alan Lowdon OBE.
Read story3 May 2023
Decerna expands sustainability services with the addition of Environmental Product Declarations
Decerna, a leading sustainability consultancy, has announced that it is now offering Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) as part of its suite of sustainability services. With this new offering, Decerna can help clients assess and communicate the environmental impacts of their products, based on a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Decerna is registered now with EPD […]
Read story30 April 2023
Net Zero – an SME’s first steps
Climate change and energy use is at the forefront of everyone’s minds as both summer temperatures and energy bills continue to hit record highs. The UK government has set a target of achieving net zero by 2050, but what does this actually mean for SMEs and how can we use these targets to benefit our […]
Read story16 February 2023
Decerna celebrates international day of women and girls in science 2023
We take a look at some of the work decerna has done over the past year, and the people who contributed to this work
Read story7 October 2022
European Commission Publishes Guidelines for life cycle assessment of carbon capture and utilisation
A team of experts employed by the European Commission have completed a document to provide scientific guidelines to understand the climate change impact of producing products from captured carbon dioxide
Read story26 September 2022
The return of onshore wind
After seven years of being effectively banned, onshore wind will once more be allowed in England and Wales, following changes in the UK’s “Growth Plan” announced today. This change will allow the UK to quickly build up the capacity of cheap, low carbon energy, reducing electricity bills for consumers as we move away from expensive […]
Read story8 August 2022
Decerna grows Life Cycle Assessment team
Blyth based Decerna (previously known as Narec Distributed Energy) has added a new member to the Life Cycle Assessment team. This team within Decerna undertake LCA studies following the principles of ISO 14040/44, in order to understand a wide range of environmental impacts within the life cycle of products and identify environmental hotspots within those […]
Read story4 August 2022
Fighting water pollution and shortage with algae
New research will grow microalgae in drain water from greenhouses for cleaner water and lower microalgae production costs Freshwater supplies are declining worldwide, a situation intensified by global warming. Greenhouses and microalgae production, like many other industries, need to reduce their freshwater demand. By growing microalgae in the drain water of greenhouses, the overall fresh […]
Read story29 March 2022
Narec Distributed Energy rebrands as Decerna
Narec Distributed Energy, a company focussed on ensuring real carbon savings across multiple sectors, has this week rebranded as Decerna, in order to better represent their activities and ambition. It is now ten years since the company was created as a spin out from the Distributed Energy department of what was at the time known […]
Read story24 January 2022
Decerna expands the grid team with two new staff members
Decerna has expanded the Grid and Utility scale team with two new appointments. Harvey Potter has come from Siemens, after completing a higher apprenticeship providing him with detailed knowledge and experience of the grid infrastructure across the UK, having worked on the commissioning of six different Extra High Voltage (EHV) substations for National Grid and […]
Read story5 November 2021
Decerna supports battery roll out
Decerna has supported 24 Power Limited in the creation of a suite of spade ready Battery Energy Storage (BESS) sites across the north of England, which are currently being sold to developers. Decerna have carried out the technical applications for each BESS site using the G99 grid connection process and have been involved in negotiations […]
Read story9 February 2021
Decerna expands with two new graduates
Decerna has expanded, taking on two new members of staff, Nina Dungworth and Louise Austin. The two new starters are working on the BEST project, in which Decerna is supporting SMEs within the North East, helping them save money and reduce their carbon footprint. The two new staff will also be working on a range […]
Read story21 July 2020
Decerna is still fully operational during the COVID-19 pandemic
During these challenging times, we are still providing renewable energy, energy storage, energy efficiency and LCA services.
Read story10 February 2020
EV car blog – 1 year in
It seems like five minutes ago, but it has actually been one year since I bought my first electric vehicle. I only realised this when I had to tax it – for free of course. Technically we had already placed a deposit on a Kia E Niro, but that wasn’t going to turn up until […]
Read story28 November 2019
Importance of maintenance of solar thermal systems
Recently I was looking at a colleagues’ hot water system and pointed out that his solar thermal system had no pressure in it. He assured me that the local installer had said it didn’t need recharging and that the system was working properly. So, what is the point of having pressure in the system? Well, […]
Read story15 October 2019
Are you being LED astray?
LEDs are great aren’t they? Low energy, long lifetime, great colour rendering, instant switch on, compatible with a wide range of controls, low cost… I remember seeing an LED for the first time when I was about 7 years old. It was a tiny red power indicator for a hi-fi amplifier in my dad’s friend’s […]
Read story20 September 2019
Heat pumps vs gas boilers (Part II)
This is an update on a previous blog from the 24th of June 2013, updated to take account of developments with Air Source Heat Pumps and the decarbonsing of the UK electricity grid. Air Source Heat Pumps Air source heat pumps use electricity to generate heat much more efficiently than normal electric heaters. They operate […]
Read story13 August 2019
Fully funded G99 training (Nov 2019-Feb 2020)
Decerna will be providing fully funded training on grid connection to SMEs within the North East and Tees Valley Region, as part of the supports they are offering companies under the ORE Catapult’s eGRID project. This training, delivered by Decerna’s Senior Electrical Design Engineer will cover the detail of the new G99 regulations, and how […]
Read story2 August 2019
Energy grant helps firm design money saving future
A North East business has been the first to receive grant from The Business Energy Saving Team to help cut their fuel bills by becoming more energy efficient. JMF Group Ltd, a print and design company based in Swalwell, received a grant of £7765 to purchase and install new equipment to make energy efficiency changes. […]
Read story17 July 2019
Tea boiler energy use
Everyone is a creature of habit. One of my habits is to go round switching off lights. Sometimes I can be a bit over zealous about this and hear an angry voice from the office toilets as I “do my rounds”. The Decerna offices have the latest energy efficient LED lights but the controls haven’t […]
Read story30 January 2019
North East Energy Firm Gets Battery Innovation Boost
Newcastle-based Connected Energy’s innovative battery storage system has been given a competitive boost after receiving specialist input from a support programme designed to help north east companies to develop electricity grid-related technology. Connected Energy worked with UK grid experts Decerna to achieve the latest G99 compliance for its innovative E-STOR battery system. The support came […]
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