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Opinion

Anticipated output and stark reality

Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd Heat pump trouble shooter Bob Long addresses the importance of responsible sales practices in the heat pump market. 

Opinion

Boosting business

Report card: Steve Pester, BRE says there is an opportunity to be had for installers as part of an installation package Steve Pester, BRE, says installers could be missing a trick when it comes to electricity-generating renewables

Opinion

Two minutes with

Q: Who are you? Karlheinz Koeing , UK export manager, SOLARFOCUS GmbH.

Opinion

Domestic RHI – A scheme worth waiting for?

Waiting game: Despite the delay to the RHI, Simon Allan, Plumb Center, highlights the positives to be gained once the scheme is up and running Reaction to the announcement by DECC of a delay in the timetable for the introduction of domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) has been greeted with widespread resignation, and even hostility by the industry. But, says Simon Allan, Plumb Center’s renewables director, the picture is not entirely bleak

Opinion

Moving times

Lu Rahman, looks back at her five years on REI

News

PTS takes home business charity award

Chris Toon (Leicestershire Cares), Ian Hall (PTS) and Monica Kimche (Leicestershire Cares) Building merchants PTS has taken home the top award in the Employment Scheme category at the national Business Charity Awards. The accolade is in recognition of its work with Leicestershire Cares, an organisation which helps ex-offenders and the homeless get into work.

News

NAPIT calls for increased awareness of Green Deal cowboys

Green Deal Certification body NAPIT are reiterating its call for consumers to be wary of doorstep traders and cold callers, claiming to be operating under the Green Deal, after a string of fraudulent selling complaints were made to Trading Standards.

Product

Quantum series goes home

WINAICO has started production of a 48 cell version of its QUANTUM series module.

News

Uponor team take on Snowdonia charity challenge

The team from Uponor undertaking the Snowdon challenge Eight senior managers from Uponor and sister company Velta are set to tackle the highest peak in the British Isles outside of Scotland by undertaking a combination of cycling, canoeing and hiking for charity partner REGAIN.

News

REI editor Lu Rahman steps down

Lu Rahman, editor of Renewable Energy Installer, has stepped down from her role as head of the magazine’s editorial team.

News

Davey makes renewables case for Scotland

Energy secretary Ed Davey Energy secretary Ed Davey will call on Scotland to remain in the UK at the All Energy Conference in Aberdeen, later today.

News

Waxman Energy in Solaredge distribution deal

Waxman’s 40,000 sq ft facility in Elland, West Yorkshire Waxman Energy has announced a distribution partnership that expands Waxman Energy’s product portfolio and assists SolarEdge in meeting increasing demand in the UK.

Product

Heavy duty

Bahco says its range of more than 12,000 hand and cutting tools now includes an enlarged assortment designed for use in heavy duty bolting environments across a span of industries, including the renewable energy sector.

News

Report reveals marketing opportunity for installers

A report released today reveals a window of opportunity for renewable energy companies in combatting confusion amongst farmers and landowners and helping them invest in renewables.

News

Green Investment Bank announces biomass funding

The Equitix managed fund, Energy Saving Investments (ESI), in which the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is a cornerstone investor, has today announced an investment of £4.9 million into its first energy efficiency project.

News

DECC dismiss Civitas green subsidy findings

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has hit back at a report by Civitas that is critical of the cost borne by UK householders to fund green subsidies.

News

RHPP to double

The Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) is to double for homeowners, the government has announced.