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DECC publishes Green Deal quick guides
DECC has published a series of quick guides on Green Deal to boost understanding for householders, owners, tenants and landlords.
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Davey dishes out energy advice for households
Energy secretary Ed Davey has written to all his fellow MPs with advice to constituents to help keep energy bills down and their homes warmer over the winter.
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Green Deal joins the fight against rising fuel bills, says Barker
Climate change minister Greg Barker has pointed to the launch of Green Deal to help families cope with rising fuel bills.
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Scottish hydro developer undergoes expansion
Green Highland Renewables, the Perth based specialist developer of small to medium scale hydro schemes, has expanded its operations in Scotland with the addition of new senior staff and the opening of a new office in Inverness.
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Falling prices to dampen PV inverter shipments
Following a decline in the third quarter of 2012, global PV inverter shipments are forecast to reach a record of 8.6 GW, according to the latest report from IMS Research.
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France throws weight behind European PV production
The French government has said it will apply a 10 percent bonus to the Feed-in Tariff for PV rooftop systems which have been made in Europe. Tariffs for other eligible systems will be raised by 5 percent.
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Consortium selected for Ulster wind project
The Crown Estate today announced that the consortium, First Flight Wind, has been selected to develop an offshore wind farm off the south east coast of County Down, Northern Ireland. Subject to obtaining all necessary consents from the Department of Environment and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, the project could deliver up to 600 Megawatts (MW) of generating capacity for Northern Ireland. First Flight Wind Ltd is a consortium comprising B9 Energy, DONG Energy and RES.
Product
Better boilers
Biomass boiler supplier Wood Energy has announced several new product innovations inspired by the Renewable Heat Incentive.
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Exciting plans for Ecobuild 2013
Ecobuild organiser UBM Built Environment says that major investment will see a wealth of new features and content showcased at Ecobuild (5th – 7th March 2013, ExCeL London – www.ecobuild.co.uk).
Opinion
News and views
Steve Pester, BRE, discusses PV-related issues and news
With the recent large price drops of PV modules hitting profit margins for manufacturers, distributors and installers, the small scale PV sector is once again in challenging times. Megawatt scale systems are currently supported by Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs), but these are now under review. Whilst the price reductions may be good news for end users, the supply chain has to turn over approximately twice as much business to make the same level of profit compared with a couple of years ago – a difficult (and for some, impossible) task in a regime of reducing feed-in tariffs.
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A world you like. With a climate you like
Energy secretary Ed Davey has welcomed the launch of European Union climate action initiative ‘A world you like. With a climate you like’.
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£2m bioenergy scheme opens to applications
Entrepreneurs across the nation are today being invited to bid for a share of £2million aimed at spurring on innovation in bioenergy.
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Firms call for decarbonising target
An alliance of the UK’s largest businesses and industry bodies have today written to the chancellor George Osborne calling for a binding decarbonisation target to be imposed on the electricity sector in the forthcoming Energy Bill.
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Calls for renewables grow amid power cut threat
The UK risks running out of electricity generating capacity by 2015, according to industry regulator Ofgem.
Product
A top fix
The Donauer Top Fix mounting element for secure attachment of the Siplex-transverse rails to the roof hooks
Top Fix, the new mounting element from Donauer for installation between roof hooks or roof attachments and Siplex rails, has been available at Donauer Solartechnik since August.
The new mounting element, Top Fix, can be ordered from Donauer individually or as a component already attached to the roof hook.
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2013 Eco Technology Show launched
Organisers have announced details of the 2013 Eco Technology Show due to take place at The Brighton Centre on the 14th & 15th June next year.
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DECC gives boost to coal-biomass conversion
Energy minister John Hayes has announced fresh plans to speed up investment in converting coal plants to biomass.
Product
Safety first
The M74 is one of a new family of fault finding and electrical safety checking instruments, supplied by HT Instruments Direct.
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Only a week to go before nextgen
Renewable energy technology event nextgen, being held in Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, is now just a week away.
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RenewableUK welcomes RO decision
RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the wind and marine energy industries, has welcomed the government’s decision that the Renewables Obligation will remain open for projects of between 50kW and 5MW, following industry feedback.
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Barker confirms RO support for small scale renewables
Businesses will still be able to get support for small scale renewable technologies under the government’s Renewables Obligation (RO), climate change minister Greg Barker confirmed today.
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REC partners with Wind & Sun
Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) has announced that solar supplier Wind & Sun has become a Gold Partner.
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Celebrating Construction in South Yorkshire Awards 2012
Green Energy Solutions UK Ltd of Doncaster has been nominated for the Renewable Technologies, Sustainability and Environmental Award in this year’s Celebrating Construction in South Yorkshire Awards (CCISY) which is in association with the South Yorkshire centre of the CIOB (Chartered Institute of Building).
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Renewables Awards winners announced
This year’s winners have been announced for The Renewables Awards. An evening’s entertainment, hosted by Gabby Logan and comedians Nina Conti & Omid Djalili at The Ricoh Arena earlier this month, culminated with sixteen categories rewarding the very best in the renewables business.