News
World’s largest offshore wind farm comes online
Developers of the London Array – the World’s largest offshore wind farm – have announced that all 175 turbines at the site are now fully operational.
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Wessex Group manager named as ‘rising star’
Rising star Thomas Mortimer
As Wessex Group celebrates its 50th anniversary, one of its managers has been named amongst the top 50 ‘rising stars’ in the UK’s sustainable construction sector.
Product
Uponor brings Q&E to the UK
Uponor has launched its new Q&E complete plumbing system in the UK, designed to offer a direct alternative to copper and plastic push-fit systems for heating, hot water and cold water services.
Product
Optimising results
Vphase has introduced to new products to its range of voltage optimisation devices.
News
Heat Pump Association criticise RHI delay
The Heat Pump Association (HPA) says it ‘cannot hide its profound disappointment’ at the delay to the launch of the domestic RHI and amendments to the commercial scheme which had been due this summer.
News
Eco Environments goes into liquidation
David Hunt, previously of Eco Environments, has joined Renewable Solutions UK
Liverpool-based Eco Environments has gone into liquidation.
Opinion
Talking ten to the dozen
Daniel Silcock, operations manager, Renewable Solutions UK
Q: Who is your hero in renewable energy?
“I’d nominate Vincent Kirkman, my former tutor at BoltonCollege. I was an apprentice there between 1998 and 2002 and I learned a huge amount from Vinnie. We’re now friends and I saw him again recently whilst installing solar PV, heat pumps, underfloor heating and rainwater harvesting at the College.”
Daniel Silcock, operations manager, Renewable Solutions UK
Opinion
Q & A – Manhal Allos
Q: What have you got planned for 2013?
iVolt is part of the global Sollatek group and in the two years since its launch we’ve set out to revolutionise the way voltage optimisation (VO) works. In 2013 we’ll be building on our advanced technology with the launch of new products including one specifically for new-builds., which offers even greater savings. We’re also developing plans to offer a gain-share solution and developing an international network of re-sellers/introducers.
Opinion
Two minutes with…
Who are you?
Anthony Mayall, managing director of NIFES Consulting Group
Opinion
Shift patterns
Search history: According to Cathy Debenham, YouGen, has seen a shift in consumer interest for renewables over the last year
Cathy Debenham, YouGen, offers an insight into consumer interest in renewables over the last year.
Although we run a renewable energy website, you wouldn’t have thought it in February last year. Virtually all the questions we were asked were about solar PV (or the Feed-in Tariff for solar PV). After the home page, solar PV was easily the most visited section of YouGen, with nearly double the monthly traffic of the next most popular section (biomass boilers).
Opinion
What’s in store?
BRE’s Steve Pester, looks at the growing importance of energy storage in renewables.
News
JPCS powers up 90,000 homes
Peter Shone, managing director of Cheshire-based JPCS
JPCS reports that it has passed the 50MWp milestone in UK ground-mounted PV installations.
News
EvoEnergy join forces with Stepnell Investment
Nottingham-based PV installer EvoEnergy has secured investment from UK construction and civil engineering company Stepnell.
News
Fallon named as new energy minister
John Hayes leaves his position at DECC for a new cabinet role as minister without portfolio
Michael Fallon is to replace the outgoing John Hayes as energy minister at DECC.
News
Visitors flock to Ecobuild 2013
Strength in numbers: Ecobuild organiser UBM says 45,000 visitors attended this year’s show
Ecobuild organiser UBM has announced that 45,000 visitors attended its 2013 show at London’s Excel over three days at the beginning of March (2012: 57,000).
News
Record breaking day for wind
Wind and marine trade body RenewableUK is celebrating the fact that for the first time, wind energy in the UK generated over 5 gigawatts of electricity consistently over a 24 hour period.
News
UK GIB funds UK’s largest NHS energy centre
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) will provide £18m of funding towards a new energy innovation centre for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in what will be its first investment in the NHS. GIB’s participation mobilises a further £18m of private capital into the project.
News
New survey launched to address renewable energy confusion
A new survey called ‘Renewable Energy: What do you need to know?’ has been launched by the CleanTech division of PR consultancy CCgroup.
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2012 a strong year for renewables, says REA
2012 was a strong year for the performance of renewable energy generation, according to the Renewable Energy Association (REA).
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Industry reacts to RHI delay
The industry has expressed its disappointment at the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC)’s decision to further delay the introduction of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
News
DECC policies are cushioning rising energy bills, says Davey
New analysis published today highlights the extent to which the government’s energy and climate change policies are tempering the impact on household energy bills of global gas prices and network costs, says DECC.
News
Domestic RHI suffers fresh delays
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has today confirmed that the Renewable Heat Incentive will not be available to householders for at least another 12 months.
News
Solfex partners with Schueco
Solfex Energy Systems has joined forces with Schueco for PV mountings distribution.
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Ofgem figures show sharp fall in wind costs
New figures released by Ofgem show that wind energy costs as little as 2.67p per household per day.