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Greg Barker MP, minister of state for climate change
“The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is the first of its kind in the world and provides long term support for renewable heat technologies such as heat pumps, biomass boilers and solar thermal panels.
The Solar Trade Association has heralded the latest PV installation figures published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) as a ‘gradual recovery’ from the recent downturn.
Dimplex Renewables has unveiled its latest online offering – mygreenheating.co.uk.
BRE’s Introduction to Renewable Energy Technology course will commence in just 10 days time at its Watford campus.
Teesside-based PV distributor Access Renewables has announced an increase in the capacity of its warehouse to hold more stock of HJ Solar modules.
Edinburgh’s Telford College has expanded its training opportunities by announcing plans to open Scotland’s largest demonstration solar roof.
Plumb Center says its first ever Channel Island Trade Shows have been met with a positive reaction by ‘delighted’ members of the business community.
Dimplex Renewables says it has bucked the current economic trend by recording impressive sales results in areas including heat pumps, solar thermal, PV and renewables-compatible water cylinders.
House builders Bloor Homes has turned to solar technology in order to meet stringent building regulations.
Installer Natural Power Wales has completed a project to install solar thermal panels on the warden’s house at RSPB Ramsey Island in Pembrokeshire.
PV manufacturer Phono Solar and suppliers Golden Concord Holdings (GCH) have signed a strategic partnership to co-operative in supply and industrial matters and develop PV projects in China.
MoneySupermarket has installed a PV array on the roof of its Flintshire headquarters.
PV manufacturers Trina Solar has completed the installation of a PV system at the headquarters of the Lotus F1 Team in Enstone, Oxfordshire, England.
German PV company Conergy has reportedly secured €60-70m investment as part of an order from US-based DACC Global to build Pakistan’s largest ever solar plant.
UFW has opened a new training centre at its Leicester base.
Cumbrian-based Sundog Energy has been selected by Samsung to spearhead its drive into the UK solar market. For the first time, Samsung’s top-quality, black-framed 250W panels are available in the UK and will be distributed by Sundog Wholesale, the distribution arm of Sundog Energy.
Viessman is launching a promotion offering installers a Vitodens 242-F solar storage combined boiler and Vitosol solar kit package at a discount of approximately £1,000. The offer will run until November 2012, whilst stocks last.
The government has announced its long-awaited responses to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) consultation bringing an end to months of uncertainty for the solar PV industry.
UK based photovoltaics (PV) manufacturer Romag is now offering the opportunity to buy direct from its new London based warehouse. The distribution centre cuts out the middle man giving installers access to UK-manufactured panels.
Chris Hopkins, managing director of Ploughcroft, has been selected to join the Green Construction Board, as one of the representatives of the SME sector.
One of the country’s largest privately-owned engineering, IT and facilities services businesses, N G Bailey, has been awarded MCS accreditation, which means the company can undertake solar PV installations directly instead of subcontracting out the work.
The recently launched Waxman Training Academy is now officially approved by the National Association for Professional Inspectors and Testers (NAPIT Approved) as well as the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating engineers (CIPHE).
A £10 million scheme aimed at getting low carbon forms of heating such as biomass boilers, solar hot water panels and heat pumps into the homes of social housing tenants across Great Britain opens to applications today.
Home energy efficiency expert, Enact Energy, is offering local authorities across Britain the opportunity to take part in a £100,000 marketing campaign during June to encourage local residents to take advantage of free home insulation before the Carbon Emission Reduction Target (CERT) funding permanently ends later this year.