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Lightsource goes on a recruitment drive
Lightsource has announced plans to create 100 new jobs in 2014 due to continued growth in the commercial PV sector.
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Krannich goes back on the road
Krannich Solar has announced the return of its ‘Meet the Manufacturer’ events which go back on the road at the end of January.
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Enphase expands product porfolio
Enphase has announced the expansion of the Enphase System with new hardware and software products which it says will lower solar system installation and operations costs for solar professionals.
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Small is beautiful
ENER-G has shrunk its 50kW combined heat and power (CHP) unit by 30 percent – making it the smallest and lightest unit in its fleet.
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Mitsubishi puts Ecodan on the small screen
Mitsubishi Electric has uploaded two new online videos to promote the benefits of renewable heat pump technology for both homeowners and landlords.
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Dimplex launch new solar collector
Dimplex has launched a new flat plate solar collector (SOL202), designed to offer high efficiency and flexible ease-of-installation to help installers take advantage of the solar thermal opportunities set to be created by the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
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Hyundai joins forces with Waxman
South Korean brand Hyundai has added its PV modules to Waxman Energy’s product portfolio.
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Danfoss to run free introductory heat pump course
Danfoss is inviting tradespeople who are new to the renewables sector to learn more about heat pumps at the company’s free ‘introduction to heat pumps’ course.
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Government urged to commit to RHI launch date
Steve Knight, Navitron’s commercial director
Navitron is calling for the government to end uncertainty in the solar thermal industry and make a New Year resolution to commit to a Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) launch date.
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Pure Leapfrog makes largest charity award
Far right – David Saunders (chair Bristol Power Co-op) with Robert Rabinowitz (chief executive Pure Leapfrog)
Social investment provider Pure Leapfrog has made its biggest single loan to a Bristol community energy project.
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Greggs the bakers slices energy consumption
Trina Solar has provided 1.28MW of PV modules to Solar Advanced Systems for the completion of a series of projects at ten Greggs sites across the UK.
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Larkfleet installs experimental solar test rig
Larkfleet Group has installed an experimental solar power system next to its headquarters in Bourne, Lincolnshire.
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STA to focus on mid-scale solar in 2014
The Solar Trade Association (STA) says its focus in 2014 will be to work with The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to boost deployment in the mid-scale solar market.
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ReneSola to run PV installer training days
ReneSola is running UK-based PV installer training days in January 2014.
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Segen announces Phono Solar partnership
Segen has today announced a new partnership with Phono Solar, adding a new range of PV panels to its product portfolio.
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Magic Thermodynamic Box Company makes GGF presentation
Peter Grey (left), chairman of the GGF and Malcolm Strattford, technical advisor at The Magic Thermodynamic Box Company
The Magic Thermodynamic Box Company was recently invited to make a presentation on the virtues of thermodynamics to members of the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF).
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Anesco picks up company growth award
Adrian Pike, ceo of Anesco
Anesco has been named the UK’s fastest growing private company in the Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100.
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Mitsubishi launches heat pump calculator
Mitsubishi Electric has launched a dedicated Ecodan selection tool following the government’s announcement last week that heat pumps are now included in the non-domestic RHI.
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Call to include gas absorption heat pumps in RHI
The UK’s leading gas absorption heat pump (GAHP) developers are calling on DECC to include the technology in the RHI scheme.
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Installers can claim free SOLiC 200
Earthwise Products Ltd, manufacturer of the SOLiC 200, is offering a free SOLiC 200 to installers that are yet to try the product.
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Mitsubishi Ecodan unit lands top award
(L-R) Max Halliwell, Ecodan product marketing manager; Martin Fahey, sustainable solutions manager; Baroness Verma; and David Carver, chairman of NHIC at the Awards
Mitsubishi Electric’s fourth generation of Ecodan air source heat pumps has just been recognised as ‘Best Home Energy Solution’ at the National Home Improvement Council Awards.
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Wind subsidy decision ‘panders to nimbys’ – Full industry response
The government’s confirmation of financial support levels for large scale onshore and offshore wind after 2015 has stirred up a mixed reaction from industry.
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Industry reacts to RHI expansion
Micropower Council chief executive Dave Sowden
Trade bodies and industry leaders have greeted the expansion of the non-domestic RHI to include new technologies and the increase of several tariffs with enthusiasm.
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Government to cut support for onshore wind
The government is set to announce a cut in subsidy for large scale onshore wind and solar in order to increase support for offshore developments, the BBC understands.