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Investment in heat networks is good news for installer
The Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) is investing up to £320m of support in individual projects across England and Wales, providing job opportunities for installers.
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Opinion
If not heat pumps or hydrogen – then what?
We have recently shared a poll on LinkedIn to see what you think the alternative to gas boilers will be, in response to the IEA’...
News
Heat pumps or hydrogen? The gas boiler replacement
This ban comes as one of 400 steps on the road to net zero, as proposed in a special report by the agency. The report has ...
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Engenera as decarbonisation partner for businesses
In April, the UK government brought forward its target of reducing carbon emissions by 78% (compared to 1990 levels) by 2035 – a 15-year reduction on the previous target ...
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Innovative heat pumps play major role in Oxford Energy Superhub
Energy Superhub Oxford (ESO) is one of three demonstrator projects, part-funded by government, designed to showcase how innovative technologies can be combined to create smart, ...
Opinion
Gemserv welcomes ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions
The reduction, based on 1990 levels, aligns with recommendations made by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) for the Government’s sixth Carbon Budget, which laid out ...
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Rishi Sunak visits leading renewables training provider
At the end of last year, GTEC won a bid to provide heavily discounted training and certification to individuals and companies looking to upskill into ...
Opinion
The essential role of heating installers on the road to net zero
If the UK Government is to meet its legally binding net zero emissions target by 2050, installation supply chains for low carbon heating are going to ...
Opinion
High hopes for a holistic approach to heat decarbonisation
High hopes have been pinned on the long-awaited Heat and Building’s Strategy. Initially due for publication last year, the pressure is on for the ...
Feature
Grants available for renewable energy systems at commercial premises
Grants between £1,000 and £5,000 are available to help fund up to a third of the cost of systems including solar PV, biomass boilers, solar thermal, small-wind ...
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Heat pump ‘influencers’ needed to speed up transition to net zero
According to scientists from the University of Sussex, the UK needs ‘heat pump influencers’ to speed up the transition to net zero buildings. While it ...
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Dates for your diary
PVTech and TechTalk webinars on solar installations
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Green Homes Grant Scheme scrapped
Once the centrepiece of Boris Johnson’s promise to ‘build back greener’, the £1.5bn programme, offering households grants of up to £10,000 to install insulation or ...
Feature
MCS on renewing Britain: deserts and forests of renewables
The report identifies commonalities in areas where small-scale renewables are particularly prevalent or scarce creating, what MCS calls, forests or deserts of renewable technologies.
News
ESG metrics: UK Leading the Charge
ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance, also commonly referred to as sustainability. In a business context, sustainability is about the company’s business model. ...
Feature
Green technology mindset: Open goal opportunity for electric installers
Electric car charging points haven’t been an element architects, developers and electricians alike, have had to factor into their designs and drawings, until now. ...
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myenergi expands into Ireland as EV sales soar
The new subsidiary, located in Ballycastle, will be spearheaded by Pearse McHenry, a longstanding business partner of myenergi. The move will bring the brand’s ...
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Webinar exploring how smart data can help pave the way to net zero
The webinar will be chaired by Nicholas Doyle, Co-Founder of Chirpy Heat. Nicholas has worked in housing for nearly 30 years and has been responsible ...
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Researchers caution over retrofitting and radon
Ireland’s residential retrofitting programme should ensure ventilation is carefully considered to avoid an increase in levels of radon gas in homes, researchers at NUI ...
Opinion
Diversity for installers
We live in changing times, led by a reassessment of how we treat our planet and each other, increasing digitisation and the roll-back of globalisation ...
News
REA calls for UK storage market mechanism
The report ‘Longer-Duration Energy Storage: The missing piece to a Net Zero, reliable and low-cost energy future’ estimates that the UK will need ...
Opinion
Take a moment to sit back, relax and think how far we have come
It’s easy when working in a fast paced and demanding job to forget about why you are actually doing the work you are ...
News
Altelium welcomes £92 million investment
We stand at the edge of transformation in our energy system and this investment will support that change. Just as the communications industry has been ...
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Highlands establishes green hydrogen hub
A multi-partner plan involving the Port of Cromarty Firth has been launched to establish a green hydrogen hub in the Highlands that will see Scotland ...
