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New biomass heating finance helps business cash flow
Biomass heating specialists Windhager UK have just introduced a new asset finance package for commercial clients to fund biomass boiler system installations.
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Earthmill expands with new wind turbine management division
Yorkshire-based renewables specialist, Earthmill, the UK’s largest agricultural wind turbine business, has expanded with the launch of a new division dedicated to servicing and ...
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Apprentice winner signs up with NICEIC
The Apprentice winner, Joseph Valente, has signed up with NICEIC – the UK’s leading voluntary regulatory body for the electrical contracting industry.
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Renewables now generates 57% of Scotland’s power needs
New figures reveal Scotland generated the equivalent of more than half its electricity needs from renewable sources in 2015, surpassing the 50% target set by Ministers.
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Energy Ministers reveal plans for shock shake-up of RHI scheme
Significant changes to the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) proposed today by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) pose a 98% and 78% reduction in the ...
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Industry stunned as Government plans to drop solar thermal from RHI scheme
The Government has today published shock plans to remove subsidy support for solar thermal hot water heating.
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Household bills could be cut by £50 a year through energy storage, report finds
A new report released today outlines significant cost savings for the UK electricity system, should the potential for energy storage be realised. The impact of ...
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Manufacturers facing a crisis of confidence in claims of energy saving performance
Manufacturers’ claims about the expected energy efficiency performance of equipment are not fully trusted by their customers. This was a key finding from new research ...
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Majority of Scots want Ministers to make renewables a priority
Renewables has come out top of a new poll that asked people in Scotland which energy source the next Scottish Government should prioritise.
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The six innovation areas that could drive the UK’s renewable energy future
Government innovation spending could deliver a world-leading energy system – if £500 million of allocated funds are targeted correctly, a new paper from industry body Scottish Renewables ...
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Housing association delivers free solar energy to 2,000 homes
One of the UK’s award winning renewable energy companies has been awarded a contract to provide almost 2,000 homes with solar PV on behalf of ...
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Bristol offers £10k grants for community energy projects
Bristol City Council is offering loans of up to £10,000 to community energy groups for sustainable energy projects in their area.
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How consumers can save with biomass
With each winter seeming wetter, colder and longer, many consumers are left feeling not only cold but completely skint. No wonder so many of us ...
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Hydro firm commits £25 million new investment in the Highlands
Perth-based hydro firm Green Highland Renewables is about to start work on a significant new hydro scheme at Loch Eilde Mor, in the hills above ...
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New £2.6m ‘Boris Boilers’ Cashback Scheme to help London homes reduce energy bills
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson today launched London’s first Boiler Cashback Scheme, which will offer £400 to help home owners and landlords replace their ...
Opinion
The RHI is still with us, but expect changes
TEAM’s RHI Industry Expert Justine Grant explains why she believes the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme is crucial to the UK’s long-term decarbonisation efforts.
Opinion
FIT review ‘missed the point’ on hydro energy says industry leader
Now Britain’s hydro energy industry will ‘all but disappear’ by the end of the decade, says Mark Mathieson, Chief Executive Officer of Perth-based Green ...
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UK Energy Storage needs defining says industry
The chief of the UK’s Electricity Storage Network (ESN) has this week called on the Government to clearly define the storage sector insisting the ...
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Local company wins large-scale solar installation contract
One of the North East’s leading solar PV specialists – Saving Energy Renewables North East – has been awarded the tender to install a 224kw commercial ...
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Renewable energy demand in Europe reaches record levels
The demand for renewable electricity in Europe, documented with Guarantees of Origin (GO), continued to grow in 2015. The growth is up more than 8% from 2014 and ...
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Scottish industry doubles use of renewable energy in 2015
The number of Scottish businesses generating their own locally-generated renewable energy doubled in 2015, according to analysis of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) deployment data by Raggnar, ...
Opinion
Could sustainable hospitals help an NHS in crisis?
The NHS is in a state of dismay. Junior doctors have gone on strike in a dispute with health secretary Jeremy Hunt over their contract. ...
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New Year, No Money? Save Pennies and the Planet
After facing the “wettest December” on record, many people have been left feeling chilly in their homes. As well as the cold and cruel winter ...
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Renewable power generation grows to same level as nuclear
Renewables generated very nearly as much electricity as nuclear sources during 2015, prompting the continued fall in power supply from coal-fired power stations, according to the ...
