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Panicked changes could have “fatal impact” on Industry – MPs Report

The Government is undermining confidence in energy policy and hurting the UK solar industry by rushing through panicked changes to Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) without adequate notice to consumers and installers alike, according to a new report by MPs on two influential select committees.

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Plumb Center welcomes incentives boost

Chancellor George Osborne’s recent Autumn Statement confirmed a £200 million introductory offer to help boost the Green Deal when it eventually comes in to force. The consultation period for the scheme is due to end on 18 January 2012, with a number of points still needing to be finalised.

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Dulas gains worldwide environmental accreditation

A mid-Wales renewable energy firm has joined organisations from all over the world in a new scheme that recognises a dedication to excellence in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

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UK top in Europe for eco-cities

A recent survey published by the University of Westminster, shows that Asia is leading the way when it comes to the development of eco-cities with one third of the total number of projects across the globe based in the continent.  The research also found that the UK and France top the list in Europe.

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British Gas move for Econergy

Econergy, market leaders in the field of biomass heating solutions, has been acquired by British Gas. In 2009 Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, invested in the business buying a 19% stake, and today they concluded a deal to purchase the remaining 81% from the current shareholders for £6.5m in cash.

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Plumb Center welcomes incentive boosts

Chancellor George Osborne’s recent Autumn Statement confirmed a £200 million introductory offer to help boost the Green Deal when it eventually comes in to force. The consultation period for the scheme is due to end on 18 January 2012, with a number of points still needing to be finalised.

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Solar still hot investment

Sheffield-based company, The Energy Initiative, is encouraging consumers in South Yorkshire to continue to invest in solar power despite recent cuts to a government subsidy.

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Renewables training boost in Bristol

Charlotte Leslie MP has officially opened the NAPIT Bristol Training Centre – as part of its joint venture with Plumb Center and Sevenoaks Energy Academy.

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Essex company on the fast track

Witham-based carbon reduction group, Climate Energy, has been placed 55th in a nationwide league of fastest growing companies.

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Gaia-Wind wins award

Farm scale wind turbine manufacturer Gaia-Wind has won the Scottish Renewables Green Energy Award for business growth. The award recognises ‘outstanding business growth or the development of exciting and ambitious plans for the future by a renewable energy business’  and comes just days after the company was ranked  at number five in the list of Europe’s fastest growing Cleantech companies.

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UK’s first Renewable Heat Incentive to launch on Monday

Businesses and communities across Britain will from Monday be able to apply for a heat tariff payment, triggering a new era of clean green heat technology, energy minister Greg Barker, said today.

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Made In China

Sixty per cent of the world is now generating electricity using solar products manufactured in China.  In latter years, made in China, left UK consumers distinctly unimpressed, but today companies such as the ET Solar Group, are producing a quality product at a lower cost. Now widely used in countries like Germany, where top quality manufacturing is the norm, Renewable Energy Installer (REI) witnessed the company’s operation first hand. Jane Hughes reports  Established in October 2006, the ET Solar Group is a one-stop solar power solution provider which employs 3,000 people across its 10 wholly-owned subsidiaries and three manufacturing plants.  With local sales and marketing subsidiaries and offices in Asia, Europe, and North America, ET Solar provides solar modules, solar tracking systems and turnkey solution services to its customers in over 50 countries. “We’re a young, vibrant company with a passion for renewable energy technology,” explained global marketing director, Santran Duan.  “But passion is not enough, to that we have added excellence.”

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Chris Huhne Green Deal announcement – Friends of the Earth reaction

 Commenting on the Green Deal announcement yesterday (Wednesday 23 November) by energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne, Friends of the Earth’s energy campaigner Paul Steedman said: “Our energy bills are rocketing because the Big Six power companies are keeping us hooked on expensive imported gas.

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Planning consent for wind farm

RWE npower renewables, UK wind energy company, has been granted planning permission to build a twelve-turbine wind farm located between the villages of Bozeat, Harrold and Lavendon.  

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Re-introducing EFEL

Stove and biomass boiler solutions provider, Euroheat, is going back to its roots with the re-introduction of the EFEL brand of wood and gas cast iron stoves.

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Customer satisfaction with energy suppliers plummets after year of price hikes takes its toll

The latest independent Customer Satisfaction Report from uSwitch.com reveals that just a year after reaching an all-time high, satisfaction with energy suppliers has plunged back to a low. All of Britain’s big six energy suppliers have seen a drop in the number of customers satisfied after a year of price hikes, fines and turbulence in the energy market takes its toll: