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Eco Buildings Products helps medical practice capture the sun

The solar PV installation at the Deeping Medical Practice is set to generate over 41,000 kWh of electricity per year Eco Building Products has supplied the PV panels for an installation on the roof of the Deeping Medical Practice in Market Deeping, Lincolnshire.

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Keeping you informed

Firebird has produced a new guide to provide full details of their extended product range.  The brochure is Firebird’s first single volume, fully comprehensive guide to its extensive range of oil boilers and now also covers biomass wood burners and Enviropel wood pellet burners.  It includes technical drawings, full product details and specifications. 

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ETI kicks off £3m consumer behaviour study

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has launched a £3m research project to study the behaviour of householders in their heat and energy consumption.

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YouGen comes out top

YouGen’s founder Cathy Debenham Renewable energy and energy efficiency website, YouGen, has been named WWF Green Game Changer 2012 at this year’s International Green Awards.

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Wyke Farms’ biogas plant gets green light

Independent cheese producer and milk processor Wyke Farms has been granted planning permission to build an anaerobic digester (AD) plant near its farms in Somerset.

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Renewable industry experts to appear at Lords sub-committee

Energy policy experts and a representative of the renewable energy industry will appear before the House of Lords Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy EU Sub-Committee on Wednesday 28 November as part of their inquiry into how EU energy can be decarbonised while keeping a lid on costs and helping to boost EU jobs and growth.

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Green Deal VAT row heats up

A broad coalition of charities, NGOs, green businesses and consumer groups has written to cabinet office minister Oliver Letwin regarding the current dispute over VAT levied on energy saving materials.

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Sundog expands advice centre

Sundog Energy has expanded its solar advice centre for installers to include a number of other technologies alongside its PV product range.

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£7.6bn pledged for renewables in Energy Bill

The government has pledged to provide a £7.6bn investment package for the renewable energy sector in newly-published details of the forthcoming Energy Bill.

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CCS competition winners announced

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has announced the winners of a £20m competition which aims to reduce the cost of carbon capture storage (CCS) technology.

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UK leads the way in carbon markets

The UK has reinforced its reputation as a global centre for carbon trading by holding its first auction for Phase III allowances of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in the City of London today.

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Zero FiT degression expected in February

The latest PV installation figures from DECC show that deployment levels are likely to fall below the capacity triggers needed to enact a further degression in the Feed-in Tariff in the New Year.

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Good Energy offer UK’s first renewables tariff

Good Energy’s chief executive Juliet Davenport Renewable electricity supplier Good Energy has unveiled what it says is the UK’s first local electricity tariff rewarding households who live near its wind farms.

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ECA and ESC form partnership

Paul McNaughton (ECA) and Charles Tanswell (ESC) sign the joint venture agreement to create the Electrical Safety Register The Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) and the Electrical Safety Council (ESC) have announced the creation of the Electrical Safety Register.

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PM welcomes UK turbine factory plans

Senior ministers including the prime minister have welcomed plans by AREVA to build a wind turbine factory in Scotland.

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NSA launch installer register

National Skills Academy’s executive director Cathryn Hickey A new register of trained installers has been launched by the National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies designed to give householders and local authorities greater confidence when selecting renewable energy installers in their areas.

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HSE issue wood pellet gas warning

The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning concerning the potential of carbon monoxide poisoning occurring within storage areas for wood pellets.

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RenewableUK urge PM to stand up for onshore wind

RenewableUK – the trade body for wind, wave and tidal industries – has called on the prime minister to assert his authority over energy policy following more anti-wind comments from energy minister John Hayes.

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Tory MP suspected of anti-wind plot

Conservative MP Chris Heaton-Harris has become the centre of an alleged conspiracy to move the anti-wind lobby to the top of the political agenda.