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Amber Rudd confirmed as energy secretary
The industry has welcomed Amber Rudd’s appointment as new energy secretary, following last week’s general election result.
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Opinion
Q&A – Happy Energy
Adrian Wright is CEO of Happy Energy
Opinion
A burning issue
Steve Pester summarises some of the real fire risks seen on PV installations
Opinion
Transitioning from RO to CfD
Gordon Moran, writing for the European Energy Centre (EEC), examines the impact of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) market on the sector so far
Opinion
Commercially minded
Liz MacFarlane, Zenex Solar, identifies a number of barriers to increasing PV deployment in the commercial market
Opinion
Pollard’s patter
I am currently immersed in the Energy Related Products (ErP) directive. You may know that from 26 September it becomes mandatory for most heating devices to ...
News
NIBE publish exhaust air heat pump factsheet
Phil Hurley, managing director at NIBE
NIBE has published a guide explaining the European Commission’s decision in 2013 to classify exhaust air heat pumps as ...
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CSA to host free RHI heat pump workshop
Matthew Taylor, Baron Taylor of Goss Moor
The Carbon Savings Alliance (CSA) will be hosting a one-off technical workshop on RHI funded heat pump solutions ...
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SMA Solar UK hits 35 percent market share
SMA Solar UK estimates to have reached a 35 percent share in the UK inverter market, after successfully commissioning a raft of large PV plants ahead ...
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Daikin UK publishes energy labelling white paper
Ahead of EU legislative changes in September, Daikin UK has published its white paper ‘New Ecodesign Rules and Energy Labelling for Space and Water Heaters’, ...
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SolarMoney passes 10 million mark
SolarAid has announced that its social enterprise SolarMoney is now improving the lives of 10 million people living in Africa, having sold close to 1.7 million ...
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Labour pledge requires 100m PV panels, claims EvoEnergy
Tim Hickman, Evo Energy’s technical manager
Labour’s election promise to remove the carbon from the UK’s electricity supply by 2030 would require an ...
Product
Waxman Energy unveil new kit builder
Waxman Energy has launched a new online kit builder tool, to aid installers design and build domestic PV systems in minutes.
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More heat pumps than any other training centre, says Daikin UK
Daikin UK’s new national training centre is equipped with more heat pumps than other, the manufacturer has claimed.
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Ecodan heat pumps offer full EPC cashback
Mitsubishi Electric has partnered with Easy EPC to offer homeowners full cashback on the cost of an EPC and Green Deal Assessment.
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No large scale solar for 2015/16
The Contracts for Difference (CfD) register has been released by the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC), confirming that neither of the two solar ...
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Solarlec scoops LG partnership
Solarlec has become an approved partner of LG – one of just 200 PV partners in Europe.
Product
Uponor unveils thinnest UFH system
Uponor has launched its thinnest UFH system – the Minitec UFH.
Opinion
Q&A: Reza Shaybani, BPVA
REI: What have you got planned for 2015?
RS: We have already seen a strong start to 2015 and we are confident that the solar industry will ...
Opinion
The state of play
Steve Pester, BRE, appraises the health of the solar sector a year on from the much-heralded publication of the Solar Strategy
Opinion
Talking tech
As often happens with my monthly article, the content is decided by yet another real-life event, from the heat pump world. We received a call ...
News
Energy-related Product Labelling
Kelly Butler, marketing director at BEAMA, reminds readers of the legal implications of this year’s ErP introduction
Opinion
Talking point
Two pieces of news affecting Chinese PV module imports into Europe are poised to have a knock-on effect on the UK PV market in the ...
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DECC unveils national water heat map
A new online tool has been launched for communities identifying the potential for extracting heat from Britain’s rivers, estuaries, canals and coastal areas.
