The government’s forest policy statement has been welcomed by Back Biomass Campaign.

More businesses and homeowners in the UK are turning to renewable energy than ever before, according to the latest edition of the Renewable Energy Roadmap published by energy secretary Ed Davey.   The Roadmap shows that renewable energy output increased by 27 percent between July 2011 and July 2012, and now more than 10 percent of all energy created is coming from renewables.   And ministers from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will be at Ecobuild 2013 to further discuss green initiatives.

HETAS has become the first organisation to successfully map biomass assessments against National Occupational Standards (NOS). This means that biomass installer training will be available through HETAS’s nationwide network of approved training centers, some of which are approved with the National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies.

Renewable energy provider Enevis has welcomed the launch of the government’s Green Deal, which aims to help homeowners cut costs and carbon emissions.

According to organisers UBM, addressing the environmental impact of the world’s cities is top of the agenda at Ecobuild 2013.

A renewable energy developer says it has revised the scale of its Quixwood Moor Wind Farm project in keeping with its commitment to working in partnership with local communities in the Scottish Borders.

Green energy company Triodos Renewables started the new-year with the erection of two new wind turbines at Eye, Suffolk. The Eye project is Triodos Renewables’ ninth renewable energy project, and the fourth that’s been developed on a brownfield site.

The Green Electrician Group has won a contract to supply three vertical PV facades for Irwell Valley Housing Association. Working for main contractor ISG, the project includes the installation of three, 16-panel, vertical PV arrays on tower apartments, providing electricity for use in communal areas.

The Travis Perkins Group has today announced the acquisition of Solfex.

The government has unveiled ‘Green Deal with it’ as the name of the national communications campaign being launched today to boost consumer awareness of Green Deal.

-£125m government-funded cash back scheme

Firstly, a Green Deal Assessor will come to your home, talk to you about your energy use and see if you could benefit from making energy efficiency improvements. Your Assessor will recommend improvements that are appropriate for your property and indicate whether they are expected to pay for themselves through reduced energy bills. Green Deal Providers will then quote for the recommended improvements. You can get as many quotes as you like, and you don’t have to choose all of the recommendations made to you.

Bill Hull, head of the Green Deal team at national law firm TLT, is adamant that Green Deal will become a significant force despite low public awareness and a disappointing number of companies signing up.

Evance’s ceo Kevin Parslow Evance Wind Turbines has reported a 200 percent year-on-year increase in sales during 2012 whilst its workforce has expanded by 50 percent in the same period.

With just under six weeks to go before Ecobuild kicks of at London’s ExCel (5-7 March), the exhibition has announced a host of big names who will discuss, debate and challenge future thinking in the industry.