Solar 28

News

UK businesses urge Cameron to back solar

A coalition of over 150 businesses from the solar industry have come together to warn David Cameron of the threat posed to Britain’s thriving solar industry.
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News

Independence Day for solar

On Friday 04 July solar farms up and down the country opened their doors to the public to show the public what they can do to support farmers and wildlife
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News

Worcester rewards environmental excellence

Last week saw Worcester, Bosch Group host its annual Environmental 2020 Awards, where it recognised those who have made an outstanding commitment to tackling climate change through the use of high-efficiency heating technologies.
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News

RO review ‘justified’, says H2ecO

Subsidies paid to UK solar farms are soon to be under review. Director of Dorset-based Company H2ecO, Mike Stephenson explains what this could mean for the future of solar energy supply
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News

STA members gear up for Solar Independence Day

Several members of the Solar Trade Association will open up their solar farms to visitors from local homes, schools, businesses and community groups across England and Wales on 4th July as part of a nationwide event called Solar Independence Day.
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Opinion

Current affairs

By Bill Wright, head of energy solutions at The Electrical Contractor’s Association  After an initial burst the domestic RHI got off to a slow start with less than 160 accreditations in the first two weeks, most of these being legacy applications. It will take time for new systems to be installed and accredited but I have heard of an increase of interest from potential clients. OFGEM are well prepared for this scheme using the experience gained from the non domestic RHI.
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Opinion

Q&A – Hydratech

Q: What have you got planned for the rest of 2014? To continue developing the excellent relationships and associations Hydratech has built with companies operating, installing and maintaining renewable energy systems. We are the only UK based formulator specialising in the manufacture of inhibited heat transfer fluids and will continue to invest heavily in R&D to expand our innovative product range. Most recently, Biotherm was launched to provide long lasting protection for biomass heating systems and we look forward to seeing the market warm up as individuals take advantage of the domestic RHI.
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Opinion

Two minutes with 4Eco

Who are you? Jodi Huggett, business development director at 4Eco
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Product

NSC gathers pace

The National Solar Centre continues to ramp up its activities and outputs, reports Steve Pester, BRE
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Opinion

Making the most of RHI

Although much attention has been placed on the level of installations which will be supported by the domestic RHI, legacy applications can also be made until 09 April 2015, explains Robert Burke, HETAS
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Feature

Sector reacts to non domestic RHI changes

The extension of the non domestic RHI (phase two) also see significant increases to tariffs for GSHPs (from 4.3p/kWh to 8.4p/kWh), large biomass, solar thermal and deep geothermal, which all come into effect this week.
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News

Shadow chancellor visits Prestige Solar

Ed Ball, shadow chancellor, visited Prestige Solar in Chatham, Kent earlier this month to discuss the implementation of Green Deal and affordable heating in local communities.
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News

Half price cylinder training with Worcester

Worcester, Bosch Group is offering half price training to support those installers keen to take advantage of its new Greenstore range of high efficiency unvented cylinders.
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News

Wood Heat Association becomes REA affiliated

The Renewable Energy Association (REA) will today welcome the newly formed Wood Heat Association (WHA) as an affiliate trade association. The announcement will be made later this morning by REA chief executive Dr Nina Skorupska and the WHA’s Neil Harrison at the All-Energy Exhibition & Conference in Aberdeen.
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Product

Cotswolds Seeds unveils grass mixes for solar farms

Specialist grass, legume and forage seed merchant Cotswold Seeds has launched a range of grass mixes for solar farms, designed to enable farmers to use the land for grazing as well as benefiting the environment and helping mitigate the visual impact of the solar panels.
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