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Ombudsman Services has been appointed by the Department Of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to handle complaints about this scheme. Chief ombudsman Lewis Shand Smith said: “The Green Deal is a new concept to householders. Consumers taking up the Green Deal can be confident that if something goes wrong they will have easy access to independent and effective redress. We already provide the ombudsman service for the energy (supply and network) industry and its customers, to it makes sense for complaints about Green Deal providers to come to us. We’re looking forward to working with DECC on the details of the scheme.”
China’s inaugural Ecobuild exhibition has been hailed as a success by its organisers having attracted more than 15,000 visitors between 9 – 12 April.
GB-Sol has announced that its roof-integrated mounting system, which already meets MCS’s new MCS012 standard, has been used to develop testing systems designed to ensure that PV roof kits are completely watertight.
4eco Ltd has designed and manufactured the ImmerSUN – designed to heat water from PV and wind systems.
Enact Energy has launched a package designed to enable local authorities to offer residents a way of benefiting from Green Deal.
Ardenham Energy’s Neil Lawson
Responding to yesterday’s statement by energy minister Greg Barker MP on the proposed budget for the Renewable Heat Incentive, Neil Lawson, head of renewable heat at Ardenham Energy said: “These are artificial mechanisms conceptualised in an ivory tower. The Treasury is seeking to control a budget at all costs and DECC is responding with a tsunami of destruction throughout the RHI industry.
The consultation on the competence criteria project being undertaken by MCS has now been launched.
The CBI today responded to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) publishing details of the secondary legislation and the government’s response to the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation consultation.
Rhian Kelly, CBI director for business environment policy, said: “Having more details on how the Green Deal will operate on a practical level is an important step for a scheme that has the very real potential to cut costs for consumers and businesses in the long run, and help generate business investment and jobs.
“However, there is still plenty of work to do. With the launch of the Green Deal expected towards the end of the year, the g
Greg Barker MP, minister of state for climate change
“The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is the first of its kind in the world and provides long term support for renewable heat technologies such as heat pumps, biomass boilers and solar thermal panels.
The government today set out secondary legislation that will give industry the green light to bring the Green Deal energy efficiency market into operation, alongside measures to strengthen consumer protection, reduce industry burdens, and implement the Energy Company Obligation (ECO).
BRE’s Introduction to Renewable Energy Technology course will commence in just 10 days time at its Watford campus.
The Oil Firing Technical Association (OFTEC) has been accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to provide registration services to Green Deal installers.
The Prime Minister David Cameron has today agreed an energy partnership between Norway and the UK which could raise questions over the government’s commitment to microgeneration in the UK.
Renewable energy supplier Nu-Heat recently met with installers in the South East at its Slough conference.
Installer Natural Power Wales has completed a project to install solar thermal panels on the warden’s house at RSPB Ramsey Island in Pembrokeshire.
The National Trust has been recognised for its efforts in reducing energy use and carbon emissions with an Ashden Award.
The Centre for Alternative Energy is to launch its new book The Home Energy Handbook at the Hay Literary festival tomorrow (Thursday 07 June).
Sector skills council SummitSkills has launched a guide for businesses wishing to take advantage of the move to low carbon buildings.
The European Agency for Energy Security (EAFES) has now opened the application process for its 2012 sustainable energy summer school at the University of Cambridge.
A stone-powered electricity generator is contributing to the power supply at Hanson’s Whatley quarry in Somerset.
A Devon renewable energy installer has secured a deal to be the prime installer of medium-scale wind turbines in the south west of England, in a move that looks set to see a dramatic increase in the number of community-based wind turbines in the area.
Green Energy Solutions UK has launched a new website at www.ukgreenenergy.co.uk.
The recently launched Waxman Training Academy is now officially approved by the National Association for Professional Inspectors and Testers (NAPIT Approved) as well as the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating engineers (CIPHE).
A £10 million scheme aimed at getting low carbon forms of heating such as biomass boilers, solar hot water panels and heat pumps into the homes of social housing tenants across Great Britain opens to applications today.