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UrbanWind seals £30 investment deal

Paul McCullagh, chief executive of UrbanWind UrbanWind has completed a £30m funding deal to kick-start onshore wind projects across the UK.

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HRH Duke of York visits BSRIA

BSRIA were visited by HRH The Duke of York as part of its 60 year celebrations, on April 13th.

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PTS appoints new MD

Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS), part of the plumbing and heating division of the Travis Perkins Group, has introduced Matthew Mycock as its new managing director. Based at the company’s head office in Crick, Matthew is leading PTS’ programme of investment as it accelerates its focus on large contract customers.

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New trade show comes to Midlands

Installer2015 is a new national trade show – designed to let renewables installers, heating engineers and plumbers get hands-on with the latest products from over 70 exhibitors, reports Installer magazine’s publisher Eoin McManus

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Book you free place at Ecodan installer roadshow

Mitsubishi Electric is holding a series of seminars around the country to highlight the support on offer to installers in promoting and working with its Ecodan heat pump technology.

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Carbomat to partner with Solis

Carbomat has announced a tie up with inverter manufacturer Solis, which will see the UK distribution group carry the full range of Solis single and three phase string products, ranging from 0.7kW to 30kW.

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Wind sector blasts Conservative manifesto

The Conservative party’s election pledge to halt the development on new onshore wind farms has been branded ‘idiotic’ and ‘illogical’ by members of the UK wind sector.

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No large scale solar for 2015/16

The Contracts for Difference (CfD) register has been released by the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC), confirming that neither of the two solar projects that won CfD contracts for the next financial year will go ahead.

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Swindon praised for low carbon planning

Swindon Borough Council has been recognised for being the first in the UK to use planning measures known as Local Development Orders (LDOs) to encourage low carbon generation.

Opinion

What will the election mean for the RHI?

With the country set to go to the polls early next month, the spectre of a new government will not halt the move to low carbon heating, says Robert Burke, HETAS

Opinion

Fracking versus renewables?

Gordon Moran, writing for the European Energy Centre, predicts a future where fracking and renewables peacefully co-exist rather than compete for investment and priority

Opinion

Current affairs

By guest columnist Bill Wright, head of energy solutions, Electrical Contractors’ Association

Opinion

Talking tech

As often happens with my monthly article, the content is decided by yet another real-life event, from the heat pump world. We received a call from the owner of a property with a broken-down heat pump at a location near Preston. The heat pump had been installed four years prior and had cost significantly more to run than originally expected.

Opinion

Pollard’s Patter

As I write this column, the announcement has come through from DECC of another degression in the domestic RHI biomass tariff from 10.98p/kWh to 8.93p/kWh, coming into effect 1 April 2015. I understand that there is a fixed budget and that the uptake for biomass has been dramatically increased, but it seems a huge shame to ‘punish’ the technology which has been the most popular choice for householders. It is also true to say that the inevitable ‘feeding frenzy’ which came after the last announcement of the January degression has undoubtedly been the major factor in the next degression and exceeding the super trigger point.

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Heating & Renewables Awards host announced

Entries opened Wednesday 1 April for the prestigious Heating and Renewable Awards; boasting 17 categories that look to celebrate and share best practice across the industry.

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DECC announces fuel poverty funding

Local authorities can now apply for a share of a £25m Central Heating Fund, plus details have been announced of a new £1m warmth-on-prescription scheme to tackle fuel poverty.