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GECCO2 ‘on the ball’ in Geo-Exchange system

GECCO2’s Trenching Machine GECCO2 has won the contract to install a large horizontal Geo-Exchange system as part of the £18m state-of-the-art North Shore Health Academy development in Stockton-On-Tees.

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Nu stat range

Nu-Heat has launched a new, wider range of thermostats to meet the more sophisticated needs of its heating systems.

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Homes in Halifax benefit from £110,000 fuel poverty funding

(Left to right) Chris Sowerbutts (CES), Tom Miskell (Together Housing Group) and Kevin Drake (Northern Gas Networks) on site at Stansfield Close, Halifax. More than 100 households inHalifaxwill soon be enjoying warmer homes and lower energy bills thanks to a £110,000 fuel poverty project which is now underway.

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Plumbase gets van-tastic

Kevin Hoad (left) and Andy Gribble (centre) present Jonathan Baldwin with his new Mitsubishi L200 4Work van Heating merchants Plumbase has announced the winner of its national competition to win a brand new Mitsubishi L200 4Work van. Eastbourne-based plumber Jonathan Baldwin scooped the prize worth over £16,000.

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DECC low carbon fund opens for applications

Climate change minister Greg Barker says the fund will help innovators get their ideas off the drawing board The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has today announced a large injection of cash into the development of low carbon technologies with the creation of a £16m fund for entrepreneurs.

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Dulas strengthens wind business

Dulas Ltd has acquired Scotland-based wind monitoring and equipment supplier Chillwind in order to enhance its own wind energy business.

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Nextgen announces speaker lineup

Some of the leading companies, entrepreneurs and policy makers in the cleantech sector are among the headline speakers at nextgen. Held at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire on 10-11 October, the speaker programme will feature dozens of presentations and topical panel discussions in six seminar theatres at various locations across the show floor.

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Hutchinson aids Olympic green legacy

UK engineering firm Hutchinson Engineering has played its part in securing a green legacy for the London 2012 Olympics.

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Mitsubishi Electric creates Green Gateway videos

Mitsubishi Electric has produced two new videos exploring the concept behind Green Deal and why heat pump technology is an attractive alternative to traditional forms of heating as part of its ‘Green Gateway Philosophy’.

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Energy Solutions announces speakers

Energy management event, Energy Solutions (www.energysolutionsexpo.co.uk) today announced its full line-up of speakers  for its free-to-attend  CPD accredited educational programme. Across the two days, industry leaders will host a range of seminars, debates and lectures and present case-studies to attending visitors, alongside the exhibition, which will run from the 10-11 October 2012 at London’s Olympia.

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Pump industry makes Green Deal appeal

Gary Wilde of Lowara UK who sits on the British Pump Manufacturers Association circulator pump group The UK pump industry is stepping up its attempts to have circulator pumps included in the government’s flagship Green Deal programme.

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Exclusive – REI and MCS partnership in place

Unique offering: Lu Rahman, editor of REI, which is only magazine in the marketplace to be working in partnership with the MCS Renewable Energy Installer is delighted to announce it has formed a partnership with the MCS. Supported by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), MCS, an industry-led scheme, came into operation at approximately the same time as REI was launched four years ago. The partnership will see MCS writing a regular column for the magazine which MCS has described as, “a well read and respected industry publication”. The column will keep readers up to date with the scheme and important technical updates.

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NICEIC unveils fresh TechTalk dates

NICEIC has announced a new series of its TechTalks which aim to tackle the technical and business issues which electrical contractors face.

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Forrest achieves Green Deal accreditation

One to bottle: NICEIC’s commercial director Matt Gantley (far left) presents a certificate and bottle of champagne to Forrest’s Paul McCarren and Neil Carroll Forrest says it has become the first business to achieve certification for Green Deal by NICEIC.  

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RHPP a missed opportunity, says Daikin

The government must remain committed to launching the Renewable Heat Incentive next year if it is to achieve its targets in reducing carbon emissions, is the message from Daikin UK’s managing director Peter Verkempynck.

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DECC pledges to cut red tape

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced the scrapping of 86 regulations plus 48 regulatory regimes in its efforts to cut red tape and bureaucracy.