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EcoSkies in £15k giveaway

EcoSkies has announced that it will be giving away a total of £15,000 off training courses booked by the end of March.

Opinion

Decade of transformation

Liz Male, Liz Male Consulting, gives the lowdown on the growing importance of energy efficiency

Opinion

Guiding light

Chris Laughton, managing director, The Solar Design Company A new MCS method was recently launched by climate change minister Greg Barker, but is it sufficiently accurate and suitable for all solar technologies? asks Chris Laughton, managing director of The Solar Design Company

News

Consumers must brace for impact of higher electricity bills, says Trina Solar

Head of Europe at Trina Solar, Ben Hill With the chief executive of Ofgem, the UK’s electricity regulator, last week warning that a “horrendous” crunch in gas supply is on its way that will lead to dramatically higher wholesale energy costs, householders and business owners have been given a clear warning to find alternative sources of energy, says Trina Solar.

Product

Perfect rain

Xylem Lowara has launched a new solar powered submersible pump specifically designed for domestic applications.

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TGC Renewables seeks permission for 13MW solar farm

Rob Denman, director, TGC Renewables TGC Renewables has applied for planning permission for a 13MW solar project in Cambridgeshire which, if approved, would generate electricity for approximately 3,300 homes.

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Lightsource PV farm receives planning consent

Slaughtergate Farm in Gillingham has recently become one of the latest farms in North Dorset to rent out a small percentage of its land to UK solar power generator, Lightsource Renewable Energy.

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YouGov poll backs clean energy

Independence Day: The biggest draw of renewable energy is the separation it offers from the National Grid, says Phil McVan, Myriad CEG Wind A YouGov poll commissioned by the Sunday Times has reaffirmed that renewables remain the popular choice for energy generation.

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SBC sells solar farm project rights

Oliver Günther of S.A.G. Solarstrom AG (right) with James Steynor of SBC The Solar Building Company (SBC) has reached an agreement to sell the project rights for a PV development in the south of England to S.A.G. Solarstrom AG.

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Communicating Renewable Energy

Talk Action is to run a course on future energy strategy in London tomorrow (Wednesday 27 February) focusing on how to make the case for renewables to the general public.

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EPIA calls for greater European role for renewables

The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) is urging European energy ministers, meeting today in Brussels, to consider the future role solar PV can play in the pan-European energy market.