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Dulas launches new solar web portal
DulasMHH says it is about to launch a full e-commerce website for their range of solar PV products.
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TGC secures 100 per cent planning approval
TGC Renewables has announced that it achieved a 100 per cent planning approval rate for all six of its most recent UK solar energy initiatives.
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Infinite Energy uses new eMIG monitoring system
Infinite Energy has announced it is the first solar energy company to use the new eMIG monitoring system, manufactured and developed by White Solar Systems. It is designed to enable both commercial and domestic customers to monitor the energy that they are producing from their solar panel installations.
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Krannich Solar extends product portfolio
Krannich Solar has formed two major new brand partnerships with Axitec and Luxor.
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ET Solar launches new generation PV modules
ET Solar Group announced today the launch of its new Moly PV modules series at the Ecobuild exhibition in London.
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Solfex in Marks & Spencer offer
Solfex energy systems says it has launched a new promotion from the 1st April to the 30th June for purchases of its new range of Prestige Solar Thermal Packs through the National Merchant Group Plumbase & other independent heating and plumbing merchant groups.
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Ecobuild a resounding success says Plumb Center
Ecobuild 2012 was a resounding success for Plumb Center, says the company which was in attendance with its own stand, as well as the Practical Installer demonstration area.
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IBC Solar unveils hassle free PV system
IBC SOLAR UK says it has responded to demands from UK installers requesting ‘hassle-free’ fully integrated domestic solar PV systems. The UK distributor is now offering a complete 4kWp solar PV package that includes solar panels, inverters, roof fixings and connectors, which could save installers valuable time and money. Installers can now order a complete PV kit featuring Panasonic modules and an SMA inverter for just £6,750 excluding VAT.
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ORES: Last call for papers
The Oil & Renewable Energy Show 2012 – Call for papers
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Renewable Heat Incentive – the state of play
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) has now been delayed until the summer of 2013. DECC also announced a second phase of the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) scheme, which gives money off renewable technologies such as biomass boilers, air and ground source heat pumps and solar thermal panels, will be launched today (2 April) and will be worth £10m more than the existing scheme.
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Changes to the Renewable Heat Incentive – industry reaction
With the news that the RHI launch has been delayed, how has the renewables industry reacted and does this government still seem to be living up to its pledge to be the ‘greenest government’ yet?
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Renewable Heat Incentive – the background
Phase 1 of the RHI has been in operation since November 2011 having replaced the Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP).
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Solfex announces partnership with HPS
Solfex has announced in collaboration with HPS (Heating Plumbing Supplies) that its 26 branches throughout the South of England will be new distribution partners for SOLFEX energy systems products.
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Government Heat Strategy points to summer 2013 for domestic RHI
The newly published Heat Strategy sets out the long term challenges and opportunities on the pathway to decarbonisation and asks specific questions, including seeking views about future policy options, which the government may need to consider. It outlines that the RHI for householders will be consulted on in September with a launch likely in summer next year. A second phase of the Premium Payment scheme will offer money off renewable kit for householders in the meantime.
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Mixed feelings as government releases Renewable Heat Incentive update
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) announced that it is extending the Renewable Heat Incentive Premium (RHPP), which was due to run out at the end of the month.
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Waxman launches installer training academy
The Waxman Group has invested over £100k in a specialist training academy offering independently-certified courses for renewable energy installers at its head office in Elland, West Yorkshire.
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Leicestershire firm delivers largest ever National Trust PV contract
Prescient Power, a renewable energy firm based in Leicestershire, has just completed the National Trust’s largest ever solar project, two years after the company formed. Helping the National Trust to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels by installing a range of solar installations at six of its properties in Wales, the team scooped the contract after a competitive tender process.
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The Green Electrician expands into South Wales
The Green Electrician has announced a new joint venture with Milford Haven Port Authority in Pembrokeshire with an aim to improve access to energy efficient technologies for homes and businesses throughout South Wales.
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Reaction to DECC’s FiT appeal defeats
As energy secretary Ed Davey, said, the legal defeat in the Supreme Court would “draw a line under the case”, industry leaders and commentators gave their reaction to the end of a sorry saga for his government department.
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Easy FiT Co offers new service to register customers for Feed-in Tariff payments
According to the Easy FiT Reg Co, every solar panel installer knows that until the final Feed-in Tariff (FiT) registration paperwork is completed and submitted, their customers cannot claim their tariff payments. Unfortunately, this task is somewhat tedious, and does not always receive the attention it deserves; sometimes, the five day deadline for registration after installation completion is missed, causing customer dissatisfaction.
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Romag and LDK form solar alliance
Romag and China-based PV manufacturers LDK Solar have today announced an alliance to share knowledge and expertise in the development of solar technologies.
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Low carbon heat plans revealed
A second phase of the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) scheme, which gives money off renewable technologies like biomass boilers, air and ground source heat pumps and solar thermal panels, will be launched on 2nd April this year and will be worth £10m more than the existing scheme.
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Supreme Court denies DECC appeal on Feed-in Tariffs
The Supreme Court has today rejected an appeal bid by the Department of Energy and Climate Change over cuts to the Feed-in Tariff scheme for solar PV.
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Exhibitors enjoy Ecobuild success
Many of Ecobuild’s largest exhibitors have heralded this year’s three day exhibition as a major success.