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DECC moves to reduce grid payments

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced its formal response to a consultation on the future of transmission constraints licences.

Product

Introducing the CustomerIQ 3.0

Smart energy network provider Silver Spring Networks has announced a new version of its CustomerIQ customer engagement platform.

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UK ranked first for energy efficiency

Energy secretary Ed Davey has welcomed the findings of the first-ever international energy efficiency scorecard The UK has been ranked first by the inaugral international energy efficiency scorecard.

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NICEIC sponsors Green Deal event

Climate change minister Greg Barker addresses the Green Deal event sponsored by Ascertiva NICEIC joined 120 industry suppliers and representatives from the gas and electricity industry for an important speech on the Green Deal in Westminster last week.

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Davey stands firm on green incentives

Energy secretary Ed Davey has spoken in defence of the levels of financial incentives applied to renewable technologies.

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NICEIC launches new ad campaign

CEO Emma Clancy shows off the new ad campaign NICEIC has launched a new advertising campaign to promote the use of its contractors to specifiers and consumers.

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Proventus and Omega in Greek deal

Renewable energy project developers Proventus Renewables and Omega MG have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-develop 421.1MW of installed capacity throughout Greece.

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RHI cost control measures confirmed

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced its formal response to a consultation on cost control measures for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).

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Feet to light Olympic walkway

Award winning UK renewable technology has been commissioned by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) to light a temporary bridge leading from West Ham station to the Olympic Park.

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WINAICO praises market reaction

WINAICO says that 18 months after its introduction, uptake of its insurance package for plant protection has been strong.

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CITB rolls out Green Deal installer training programme

CITB-ConstructionSkills ceo Mark Farrar As part of its programme to train up to 1,000 insulation installers to kick-start the Green Deal, CITB-ConstructionSkills is holding a series of ‘train the trainer’ workshops to equip lecturers and tutors with the skills to deliver insulation installation training.

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Mitsubishi Electric launches environmental plan

Mitsubishi Electric has announced details of its seventh global environmental plan designed to mitigate the company’s environmental impact and carbon footprint.

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Enecsys unveils key partner

Inverter and monitoring systems supplier Enecsys has announced a key distribution agreement with Albasolar.

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Belper group scoops community prize

A community group from Belper, Derbyshire, has come top of the Co-operative’s Community Energy Challenge beating off over 120 challengers.

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Strong support for renewables, says gov’t survey

A poll commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has indicated that 82 per cent of people in the UK  support plans to expand renewable energy capacity.

Opinion

Driving forces

FiTs aside, Steve Pester, BRE, looks at some of the other elements that should help boost the uptake of PV Everybody knows that since the start of the Feed-in tariff (FiT), the main driver for fitting PV has been profit – both for customers and installers. But with the on-going FiT reductions, perhaps some of the less obvious drivers will surface again:

Opinion

A credit to you

There has been much criticism about the lack of credit available to small businesses and the banks have been bashed for not lending enough. However, Jeremy Malindine from renewable energy expert Puragen, paints a different picture SMEs do face the challenge of obtaining credit – whether it’s an established business that needs capital to help it expand or an entrepreneur that wants to start up. However, there are numerous pots of money that SMEs can tap into –  it’s just a case of knowing where to go and as some are not that well publicised, it can seem like there aren’t many options.

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Wood pellet seminar hits the mark

CPL Renewables says its 2012 wood pellet seminar, aimed at improving awareness and answering key questions about this fuel source, has achieved all expectations.

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Banks kicks off planning process

Banks Renewables director Colin Anderson Hamilton-based developers Banks Renewables is in the early stages of designing a 10MW wind farm in Fife.

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Wind projects given thumbs up

Two new wind farms with a combined capacity of over 1GW have been given the go ahead by the government today. DECC says that this brings the total capacity of offshore wind either operational, under construction or given consent up to 6.6GW.

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CBI chief calls for smarter politics

CBI director-general John Cridland CBI director general John Cridland has used a key note speech to implore the government not to choose between going green or going for growth.

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REAL and REA stand firm over legal threat

Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd (REAL) and the Renewable Energy Association (REA) have responded to a High Court claim made against them for allegedly acting beyond their powers, showing bias and interfering with legitimate companies.