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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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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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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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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.

Opinion

National treasure

Steve Pester, BRE, provides an update on The National Solar Centre (NSC) since its opening last April

Opinion

Talking point

Zenex Solar’s managing director Liz macFarlane Liz MacFarlane, Zenex Solar, reflects on the four key challenges the PV sector faces if the UK is to see 20GW installed by the end of the decade 

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Sinclair Meadows wins national award

Not-for-profit housing provider, Four Housing, is celebrating success after its flagship carbon negative development – built by Galliford Try – won a national construction award. 

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Solfex signs SolarEdge distribution partnership

Solfex Energy Systems, part of the Travis Perkins Group, has announced a new supply partnership with SolarEdge Technologies to distribute its range of power optimisers, inverters and monitoring solutions.

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CCS shortlisted for national award

Andy Wallace, CCS Finance provider Consumer Credit Solutions (CCS) has been shortlisted for a Construction Marketing Award (www.cmawards.co.uk) in the ‘Best Professional Services Campaign’ category, alongside its agency MRA Marketing.

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Greg Barker opens new lab for Oxford PV

Greg Barker is shown a sample of glass with OPV’s energy-generating coating by founder Kevin Arthur and chief scientific officer Dr Henry Snaith Climate change minister Greg Barker visited Oxford Photovoltaics’ HQ at Begbroke Science Park earlier this week to launch the new fabrication and test facilities.

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Worcester, Bosch Group opens new Northern training centre

Worcester, Bosch Group has opened a brand new training facility in Normanton, near Wakefield, to provide better support and an improved training experience for installer, specifier and merchant customers based in the North of England.

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Oxford PV’s ceo joins Greg Barker on Saudi trip

Kevin Arthur, co-founder and ceo of Oxford Photovoltaics, is currently joining climate change minister Greg Barker in a solar trade mission to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which is occurring today and tomorrow (11-12 November).

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Danfoss opens doors for fully funded renewables training

Plumbers and other tradespeople from eligible postcodes in South Yorkshire, North East Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire are being invited to take advantage of fully funded accredited training courses in renewable energy, which are being held at Danfoss’ School of Heat Pump Technology in Sheffield.