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Derbyshire Dales MP backs green energy company
Derbyshire Dales MP and government chief whip Patrick McLoughlin, was special guest at a reception held at green solutions company The Renewable Shop, based in Matlock.
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REI partners the launch of in-depth renewables market analysis report
Renewable Energy Installer has partnered with Sustainable Venture Intelligence (SVI) for the launch of SVI’s market analysis for the renewable and microgeneration sector. The report will provide valuable reading for anyone involved in the renewable and microgeneration sectors and highlights key areas of growth and opportunity for the market in coming years. Readers of REI are eligible for a 15 per cent discount on the report.
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DECC launches innovation fund
Energy secretary Ed Davey has today pledged £35m over the next three years to encourage fledgling green technologies.
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CTC host free renewable training
CTC says it is marking its 90th year and supporting those interested in the growing renewable energy market by hosting Bpec training courses for biomass and heat pumps.
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ORES: Last call for papers
The Oil & Renewable Energy Show 2012 – Call for papers
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Renewable Heat Incentive – the state of play
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) has now been delayed until the summer of 2013. DECC also announced a second phase of the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) scheme, which gives money off renewable technologies such as biomass boilers, air and ground source heat pumps and solar thermal panels, will be launched today (2 April) and will be worth £10m more than the existing scheme.
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Changes to the Renewable Heat Incentive – industry reaction
With the news that the RHI launch has been delayed, how has the renewables industry reacted and does this government still seem to be living up to its pledge to be the ‘greenest government’ yet?
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BEAMA welcomes Renewable Heat Premium Payment
The British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers Association (BEAMA) has welcomed the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) extension following its recent provision of evidence to demonstrate that industry is now marketing the scheme strongly and determined to grow uptake along the way to a definitive RHI for domestic dwellings.
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Renewable Heat Incentive – the background
Phase 1 of the RHI has been in operation since November 2011 having replaced the Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP).
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Stiebel Eltron get domestic
Stiebel Eltron is launching a new ground source heat pump range onto the UK retrofit market.
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Government Heat Strategy points to summer 2013 for domestic RHI
The newly published Heat Strategy sets out the long term challenges and opportunities on the pathway to decarbonisation and asks specific questions, including seeking views about future policy options, which the government may need to consider. It outlines that the RHI for householders will be consulted on in September with a launch likely in summer next year. A second phase of the Premium Payment scheme will offer money off renewable kit for householders in the meantime.
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Mixed feelings as government releases Renewable Heat Incentive update
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) announced that it is extending the Renewable Heat Incentive Premium (RHPP), which was due to run out at the end of the month.
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Nu-Heat & Easy MCS form partnership
Nu-Heat, supplier of warm water underfloor heating systems to theUKdomestic market, has announced a partnership with MCS certification support and renewable training provider, Easy MCS.
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Low carbon heat plans revealed
A second phase of the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) scheme, which gives money off renewable technologies like biomass boilers, air and ground source heat pumps and solar thermal panels, will be launched on 2nd April this year and will be worth £10m more than the existing scheme.
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Assessing the future
Ecoskies Renewable Energy Training outlines how its training will help with the EPC ratings.
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Accomodating change
CCTV, security and panic alarms, cat 6 cabling, heat pumps, underfloor heating and local cooling units were all fitted along with Grant solar thermal and PV systems as part of a council supported £3.5m investment scheme designed to reduce the building’s carbon footprint and energy consumption.
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ORES: Call for papers
The Oil & Renewable Energy Show 2012 – Call for papers
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Ofgem launches RHI seminars
Ofgem is holding a series of nationwide seminars to help organisations take advantage of the opportunities of the £860m Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
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Introducing the WPL..ACS
Stiebel Eltron has launched a new MCS approved ‘plug-and-play’ air source heat pump into the UK market.
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Practical thinking at Ecobuild
If you’re looking for hands-on experience with micro-renewables, backed up with practical advice from experts, head to Ecobuild and London’s ExCeL on Tuesday 20 – Thursday 22 March.
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European renewable energy jobs pass million mark
The European renewable energy industry now maintains more than one million jobs as the latest official figures show employment figures in the sector have increased by a quarter in a year.
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DECC pulls back from the brink with overhaul of Feed-in Tariff scheme
Energy Ministers have today revealed plans to ensure the Feed-in Scheme will continue to support the roll-out of renewable energy across the UK.
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What’s the incentive?
With the Renewable Heat Incentive set to come into play in October this year, the RHI Premium Payment scheme is now available to those wishing to take advantage of the scheme in the interim period, Neil Schofield, head of external and governmental affairs at Worcester, Bosch Group, gives an insight into how the scheme can be accessed, as well as the advantages it offers to those with an eye on renewable technologies.
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Something old, something new
A Heat pump is helping reduce fuel costs and provide heat at a recently renovated country cottage.