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Industry slams budget for costing the earth

Leading figures in the renewables sector have hit back at the chancellor’s budget announcement for failing to put the environment before short term economics.
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Windhager adds biomass training dates

Windhager UK has announced new training course dates for biomass ahead of the surge in demand it expects following the launch of the domestic RHI.
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R&D tax relief going unclaimed, says Jumpstart

Jumpstart, a company created to support UK businesses make HMRC Research and Development (R&D) tax relief claims, is set to tell attendees of the Scottish Renewables annual exhibition in Edinburgh 18-19 March how their renewables businesses can secure substantial sums from their R&D expenditure.
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Go Go Greenio

Installers are being encouraged to sign up for a new online consumer-facing renewables service designed to deliver leads and extra business.
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Davey opens ECO consultation

Energy secretary Ed Davey has anounced the opening of a consultation into planned changes to ECO and Green Deal.
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Installers can transform the nations, says Julia Bradbury

Julia Bradbury with Plumb Center’s renewables director Simon Allan TV star Julia Bradbury opened Plumb Center’s Practical Installer Arena at Ecobuild 2014 last week saying the UK can lead the world by building a genuinely low carbon economy.   “The nation’s army of more than 120,000 installers is the key to convincing consumers that energy efficient technologies don’t have to cost the earth, but could save a fortune,” she said.
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IXUS Energy signs KWB import deal

Simon Cross, commercial director at IXUS Energy IXUS Energy has secured an exclusive import deal with Austrian biomass boiler manufacturer Kraft und Wärme aus Biomasse GmbH (KWB), to supply boilers to the North of England and the Isle of Man.
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Great offers to be had at Practical Installer

Installers attending Ecobuild 2014 can benefit from impressive product and training offers, thanks to Plumb and Parts Center.   During the show installers can get up to £300 off an accredited renewables training course, which comes with the full Easy MCS support and mentoring package.   There’s also an exclusive Ecobuild show offer for account holders available on Center Controls, Fernox water treatment products, and selected Grundfos heating circulators and pumps – running throughout the whole of March.
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2013 – a bumper year for wind power

Provisional statistics released today by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show that the amount of electricity produced by wind grew 38 percent from 2012 to 2013. In total the amount of energy generated by wind grew from 5.5 percent in the mix in 2012 to 7.7 percent in 2013.
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£685k available to social landlords in the South West

Ready for Retrofit is inviting social landlords from across the South West to apply for funding to install energy efficiency and micro generation retrofit measures in social housing.  
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ECO needs overhaul, says Futureproof

Energy secretary Ed Davey has been called on to “overhaul” the way the Energy Companies Obligation scheme is administered.
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Opinion

RHI – Are we ready?

As we gear up for the launch of the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (DRHI), Robert Burke, HETAS, asks: Is the industry is ready for it?
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Opinion

Current affairs

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

Two minutes with Yorkshire Heat Pumps

Who are you? Michael Wright – owner and director of Yorkshire Heat Pumps and Michael Wright Kitchens & Interiors.
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Opinion

Pollard’s Patter

Plumb Center’s head of sustainability Tim Pollard Let’s hope when we look back on 2014 we’ll have made major strides towards convincing the public, business and government that the best and only way to effectively cope with energy price inflation (and excess carbon emissions) is to USE LESS ENERGY.
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