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Viessmann has united with work wear manufacturer Snickers to give installers the opportunity to claim branded polo shirts, fleeces and trousers when purchasing Vitodens and Vitocell products.
Rural Energy has opened its Biomass Training and Skills Centre in Leicestershire to up-skill engineers from across the heating and renewables sector.
Jodi Huggett, director of 4Eco – immerSUN
4eco director Jodi Huggett has been crowned businesswoman of the year at the 2014 StartUps Awards, held earlier this month at London’s Kensington Roof Gardens.
Plumbing Trade Supplies and City Plumbing Supplies have welcomed Stuart Hough into the role of managing director of spares.
Northern Ireland-based BS Holdings is set to expand its workforce to 30 to meet increased demand for its biomass systems.
Renewable energy companies will no longer be able to give investors relief under venture capital scheme rules, George Osborne announced in last week’s Autumn Statement.
Adrian Pike, Anesco
Anesco has once again taken top spot in the Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 league table.
From this Wednesday (10 December) the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) will reopen for applications.
Industry leaders have criticised George Osborne for failing to put renewable energy on the agenda in his Autumn Statement.
Grant UK has launched a series of online video tutorials, a consumer guide and a technical forum for installers seeking further information about biomass technology.
Gordon Moran, writing for the European Energy Centre, looks at the prospects that greater devolution across the UK may bring to microgeneration renewables
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Shirley Hill, director of Fair Energy
By guest columnist Bill Wright, ECA’s head of energy solutions
Robert Burke, HETAS, looks at what changes we can expect concerning the domestic RHI in 2015 as the scheme begins to mature
We hit a major milestone on 29 September 2014 with over 10,000 accreditations for the domestic RHI in less than six months of the scheme being opened. As ever there are some interesting findings behind the headline figures. Geographically, the south west of England leads the way in numbers of accreditations, perhaps not too surprising in view of the percentage of off gas grid properties.
On October 01 2014, a Tripartite Agreement between DECC, the MCS Administrator (Gemserv) and the MCS Service Company (MCSSCo) was signed.
A new network, which aims to challenge the assumption that renewable energy it is simply a male-dominated industry, was kickstarted last week at a south west low-carbon event.
Renewable energy has become Scotland’s main source of power, new independent figures published by DECC have revealed.
Companies developing cutting edge low carbon energy projects in generation, efficiency and storage – such as capturing carbon emissions or turning buildings into power stations – have the chance to bid for an extra £5 million of funding in the fourth round of the government’s Energy Entrepreneurs’ Fund (EEF).
Panasonic Heating and Cooling is delighted to announce its joint sponsorship of Ashby Rugby Club’s under 15s team, in Leicestershire.
Panasonic has teamed up with Logicool – a local distributor of Panasonic’s air conditioning products – to provide the squad with a brand new kit.
Pupils from schools in Hertfordshire have taken part in a special eco competition launch at the Hatfield headquarters of Mitsubishi Electric.
The Eco School Competition has seven challenges for pupils who wish to win a prize of £2,000 worth of environmental resources for their school.
Book-loving primary school pupils in Hawick celebrated their Achievement Award Assembly in style – with a little help from Banks Renewables.
Over 30 children at Trinity Primary School, aged between 3 and 12, took part in the Commonwealth Reading Awards, an initiative aimed at encouraging children to read more books at school and home.
BSS Industrial has kicked off its partnership with mental health charity MIND with a colourful balloon race at its Leicestershire head office earlier this month.
The balloon race was the first of many planned fundraising efforts. Over the next two years, BSS Industrial hopes to raise a total of £100,000 which will allow Mind to provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem in England and Wales. Sister charities Niamh, (the Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health) and SAMH (the Scottish Association for Mental Health) will ensure BSS supports projects across the UK.
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