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REA‘s head of on-site renewables Mike Landy: “Government has heard the evidence provided by industry and has increased the support for large-scale solar PV compared with its consultation proposals, albeit only slightly. We welcome the decision to provide higher support for roof-mounted PV (compared with ground-mounted) and to recognise the very much larger deployment potential for ground-mounted PV than originally foreseen.
The government has outlined support rates going forward for biomass and solar under the Renewables Obligations Certificate (ROC).
South Downs Solar has been named ‘Small Business of the Year’ at the 2012 Sussex Business Awards.
From L-R: Shaun Beattie (M3 Solar), William Pierce (FG Pierce & Sons), Raffaele Fait (Eltek UK) and Andy O’Leary (Sibert Solar)
In August this year, M3 Solar installed and commissioned a 100kW roof-mounted PV system for FG Pierce & Sons near Sevenoaks, Kent.
Schiedel Chimney System’s David Wright
Schiedel Chimney Systems in conjunction with biomass consultancy re:heat, is holding a series of free of charge biomass awareness seminars for heating engineers and contractors.
Tim Harvey
Leicester-based UFW has appointed building services specialist Tim Harvey. He joins as East Midlands sales manager as the company looks to expand across the region.
Burnley-based PV installers Solarlec has enjoyed its second strongest ever sales month.
The Leicester District Energy Scheme is a 25 year £15m partnership between Leicester City Council and Cofely District Energy which will see six of the city’s estates supplied with environmentally friendly energy.
Greg Barker vitits Romag in the North East
Climate change minister Greg Barker has visited the North East to see Romag’s PV manufacturing facility.
Working in collaboration with Barnsley College, The Building Research Establishment (BRE) will be offering a series of interactive seminars and workshops aimed at businesses working across the built environment and sustainability sectors looking to develop skills and knowledge.
The series will take advantage of the innovative Think Low Carbon Centre based at Barnsley College’s Honeywell site.
After completing a positive audit of the technical and financial aspects and environmental and labour conditions of the KIOTO Photovoltaics factory, Solar Insurance declares that KIOTO Photovoltaic modules fulfill all expectations and acquires certification.
This means that from now on clients of KIOTO Photovoltaics can insure their projects with the option ‘Inherent defect and warranty’ from Solar Insurance, which backs up the warranty of the modules.
The option ‘Inherent defect and warranty’ is an option with the operational Solar PV Insurance, which covers damage caused by weather conditions, fire and theft and compensates production loss.
2012 has been an action-packed year, especially for PV. We had the ups and downs of Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs), which started in late 2011. Although confidence took several knocks, things now appear to be stabilising and many in the industry think that as well as the inevitable slow-down and squeezed margins, the overall effect also has some positive aspects. For example, some of the companies who entered the market for quick profits, but with little technical knowledge or experience of the sector, have now departed as rapidly as they arrived, leaving space for those who are in it for the long haul to refocus on building an industry committed to quality and customer service.
Mariana Hall, vice-president of Phono Solar Europe, asks what the future looks like for PV and renewable energy
Matthieu Giraudon is European renewables product manager at Fernox
REI: What have you got planned for 2013?
MG: To change a cultural aspect in theUKwith regard to the perception of renewable energy technologies. There is a tendency for them to be seen as unreliable in terms of performance outputs, and not as appropriate to a colder, less sunny country like theUK. We know that this perception is actually inaccurate and that correctly sized and properly installed, solar thermal systems or heat pumps work efficiently and are trouble free. The challenge is to get this message across to householders and installers.
The first is a regular series, Liz MacFarlane, Zenex and Q-Gen offers her perspective on the industry
What do you do? We are a subsidiary of Fronius International which has been designing and manufacturing PV inverters in Austria for the last 20 years.
Rob Gardiner, managing director of Econic
Ofgem has amended Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) regulations to help owners of Ground Source Heating and Cooling (GSHC) systems take part in the scheme.
Renewable Energy Installer has joined a growing list of supporters in a bid to outlaw aggressive sales techniques from doorstop renewable product salesmen.
Two of the renewable industry’s leading trade bodies have unanimously condemned the government’s gas strategy published earlier this week.
Eco2Solar has been named National SME Construction Company of the year at The National Constructing Excellence Awards 2012.
A new training centre has proved such a big hit with Scottish heating installers that its first Green Deal Advisor course sold out within days of opening.
Climate change minister Greg Barker
Households in 38 communities have been awarded a share of £3million to get renewable heating kit into homes across Great Britain.
Stiebel Eltron has added to its high-performance WPF ground source range with a new MCS approved 35kw unit.
The consultation period on the domestic sector Renewable Heat Incentive, and expanding the number of eligible technologies for non-domestic customers, is set to come to an end on 7 December.