Plumbing Trade Supplies area director Alan Masters has raised over £1500 for Cancer Research UK having recently embarked on an impressive 100km moonlit bike ride through London.

Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) has announced a distribution partnership with Carbomat ECO in the UK.

Renewable heating provider Glow-worm has joined forces with world champion darts player Mark Webster.

The National Farmers Union (NFU) has called on the government to refocus its policy on encouraging renewable energy generation in the agricultural industry.

Sector skills council SummitSkills is urging businesses to take part in the Microgeneration Certification Scheme’s (MCS) competence requirement consultation.

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) will be presenting Retrofit Solutions for Non-Domestic Buildings 2012 conference in September which, it says, will bring together the retrofit supply chain to overcome some of the challenges associated with retrofitting the buildings in which we work.

Climate change minister Greg Barker has today announced a number of measures which pave the way for Green Deal’s planned launch in October.

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.

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

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).

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.