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Could kites be the wind turbines of the future?
A German company has taken the fun idea of kite flying to produce a serious competitor to wind turbines.
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Plumb Center launches App
Plumb Center says it is responding to the increasing popularity of smartphones by launching an industry first mobile website.
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RWE npower renewables chooses VisualEyes
RWE npower renewables has chosen the Met Office’s VisualEyes for its 27 wind farms across the UK.
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£39m pledged towards energy efficiency research
The Research Council has made one of its largest ever investments – to support energy efficiency policy.
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DECC publishes Energy Efficiency Strategy
A transformation in the way energy is used across the UK economy could help boost growth and jobs, and investing in energy efficiency could save up to 22 power stations-worth of energy by 2020, according to the government’s Energy Efficiency Strategy published today.
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Delivering the RHI
As part of DECC’s consultation process for its domestic RHI proposals, which closes on 07 December, a seminar is being held in Central London tomorrow (13 November).
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Green Deal for seven cities announced
Seven cities across England will receive part of a £12 million fund to help them give the Green Deal a kick start in their city regions. The cities are Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield.
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UK jobs under threat amid Vestas cuts
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has not ruled out jobs losses at its UK operations following confirmation it is to cut 3,000 jobs.
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Green light for Green Square
Specflue has expanded its range of Green Square energy products to compliment its ISO accredited flue and chimney business.
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New review of wind turbine ‘buffer zones’ published
A new report reviewing the latest evidence on the impacts of wind turbines has been published today by Regen SW.
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Good Energy secures National Trust partnership
Renewable energy supplier Good Energy has been chosen by the National Trust to become its principle energy partner.
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Get to grip with green technologies
On Monday 10 December 2012, the National Skills Academy are delivering a Green Technologies Seminar.
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Worcester launches £1m advertising campaign
Worcester, Bosch Group has launched a new £1m advertising campaign designed to boost the industry and supporting heating engineers during the key heating season.
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Bright future for biomass, says report
The Back Biomass campaign has welcomed an independent report recommending biomass as a cost-effective way to meet UK renewable energy targets.
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DECC announces RHI consultations webchat
The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s RHI team will be running a webchat tomorrow (Thursday 08 November) to answer any questions in connection to the consultations it is running on both the domestic and non-domestic strands of the scheme.
Product
Solfex partners up
Renewables distributor Solfex has partnered with Samil Power to add the company’s range of inveters to its product portfolio
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Aurora Academy days in the UK
Inverter and energy storage manufacturers Power-One has announced dates for its upcoming Aurora Academy days in the UK.
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Updating the industry
As you may be aware, one of our main priorities at MCS is to ensure that the technical standards are still relevant for each technology. Since the scheme’s launch, there have been major updates to solar PV technologies for both products and installers. It was concluded that the current associated PV Installer Guide required extensive updating to reflect current products and installation techniques. In light of this, the MCS Solar PV Working Group has undertaken a major project to comprehensively update the DTI Guide for PV Installations, and to ensure the MIS 3002 Solar PV Installer Standard is aligned with the measures introduced in this document. Some of the requirements in the existing version of the standard will be included in the new Guide.
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In the know
This month, the MCS column looks at the facts installers need to know about MCS installation and the Green Deal
The government has made clear that it wants the installation of microgeneration measures under Green Deal to be carried out by MCS-certified installers. Some governance changes are required to make this happen but the intention is that those will all be completed in plenty of time before the first Green Deal installations are carried out in early 2013.
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Call for wind turbine bird protection rules
Scottish scientists are calling for new national guidelines to be put in place to protect birds and bats from domestic wind turbine developments.
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A local wind farm for local people
A renewables developer is urging planners to keep a decision on whether to approve a Borders wind farm in the hands of the local community.
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SBS recognised at inaugural award ceremony
Sustainable Building Solutions (SBS), part of the Travis Perkins Group, has been awarded the ‘Outstanding Achievement of the Year’ accolade at the Retro Expo Awards, held in Birmingham on Wednesday 31st October 2012.
Opinion
Two minutes with… Finian Parrick
Who are you?
Finian Parrick, managing director at Zero Carbon Future
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Weather warning
Forewarned and forearmed: Renewable firms need to ensure equipment can withstand harsh weather conditions
Manufacturer of wind turbine structures, Hutchinson Engineering, is reminding renewable energy firms to ensure their equipment can withstand the harsh weather forecasted this winter