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Enact secures Green Deal Provider status
The Enact team
Enact Energy reports that it has become the first renewable energy company in Cornwall to achieve Green Deal Provider status.
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Upsolar partners with Ecolution
PV manufacturer, Upsolar, today announced the UK availability of its smart modules powered by Tigo Energy. The product is currently available through Upsolar distribution partner Ecolution.
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Green Deal will boost wind sector, says RenewableUK
Wind and marine trade body, RenewableUK, has welcomed the launch of Green Deal as a mechanism to boost uptake of small wind turbines.
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Green Deal standard updated
BSI, the business standards organization, has published an update to PAS 2030, the standard which supports the Green Deal policy, encouraging the implementation of energy efficiency measures within existing households and businesses.
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BRE launches National Solar Centre
The National Solar Centre will open in April and be based in St Austall, Cornwall, BRE has announced.
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Easy PV
PV wholesaler Midsummer Energy has developed a free online tool designed to help installers more easily design solar arrays and cut down on paperwork.
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FiT damages claim grows to £140m
17 British solar and construction companies have come together to call on the government to pay damages for lost business incurred after its unlawful changes to the Feed-in Tariff.
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Green Electrician opens solar car port
Cheshire-based renewable energy installers Green Electrician Group has announced the completion of a solar car port for electric vehicles.
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Ecobuild tackles fuel poverty
Climate change minister Greg Barker says street-by-street retro-fitting is the key to tackling the scourge of fuel poverty – which it’s estimated will affect nine million UK homes by 2016.
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NAPIT to offer Green Deal and MCS Membership at Ecobuild
NAPIT will be exhibiting at Ecobuild 2013. As a certification body for tradespeople across the UK, NAPIT provide a range of membership schemes to help renewables and energy efficiency professionals make the most of the budding green economy.
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Barker urges PV sector to capture new business in Green Deal
Climate change minister Greg Barker has urged PV installers to throw their weight behind the Green Deal when it launches at the end of January.
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Switching to success
Santon has launched its new range of SILLIOS-D DC switch disconnectors.
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Glow-worm backs Plumb Center’s solar thermal training
Heating manufacturer Glow-worm has added to the appeal of Plumb Center’s solar thermal training course by offering a cashback incentive.
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Canadian Solar project scoops POWER-GEN award
Canadian Solar has announced that its 148 MW solar park PV project in southern Brandenburg, Germany has been named the 2012 winner of the Solar Project of the Year Award by POWER-GEN International.
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SPUK Roadshow gears up to restart the market
Are you a solar installer looking for new ways to revitalise your business and sell your services in challenging market conditions? Then the Solar Power UK 2013 Roadshow might be the place for you.
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Lightsource opens renewable energy portal
Lightsource Renewable Energy has developed an online portal, designed to educate children about renewable energy and climate change.
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MPC calls on Barker to stick to green vision
MPC ceo Dave Sowden, climate change minister Greg Barker, Phil Shepley from event sponsor Carillion and MPC president Baroness Maddock
The Micropower Council’s (MPC) ceo Dave Sowden has called on climate change secretary Greg Barker to ‘stick to his vision’ and restore certainty to investors in green technology.
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UK on track to hit 2020 targets
The UK is on course to hit its 2020 renewable energy targets, according to a new report from the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
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Solarlec installs Wokingham’s first large scale system
Scott Leighton from SolarTech, Cllr Angus Ross, WBC executive member for the environment and Gill Cheale Branch Supervisor Wokingham Library in front of Wokingham Library
SolarTech has designed and installed 27 PV systems on sites across Wokingham in an initiative which is expected to generate 500,000 kWh per year saving the schools and centres approximately £40,000 on their combined energy bills.
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Trina Solar signs 55MW supply deal
PV manufacturer Trina Solar has announced that it is to supply 55MW of modules to Anesco over the next four months.
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Installers hit the Mastervolt Roadshow
Dutch inverter manufacturer Mastervolt reports that over 120 installers and distributors visited its SolarTruck Roadshow at 12 locations throughout the UK.
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Industry reacts to RO banding decision
REA‘s head of on-site renewables Mike Landy: “Government has heard the evidence provided by industry and has increased the support for large-scale solar PV compared with its consultation proposals, albeit only slightly. We welcome the decision to provide higher support for roof-mounted PV (compared with ground-mounted) and to recognise the very much larger deployment potential for ground-mounted PV than originally foreseen.
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DECC publishes RO bandings
The government has outlined support rates going forward for biomass and solar under the Renewables Obligations Certificate (ROC).
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South Downs Solar scoops top award
South Downs Solar has been named ‘Small Business of the Year’ at the 2012 Sussex Business Awards.