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Green Deal Finance Company secures £244m funding

The Green Deal Finance Company (GDFC) has confirmed details of a £244m funding package agreed with a major group of shareholders, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the UK Green Investment Bank (UK GIB).

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UK GIB funds UK’s largest NHS energy centre

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) will provide £18m of funding towards a new energy innovation centre for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in what will be its first investment in the NHS. GIB’s participation mobilises a further £18m of private capital into the project.

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Plumb Center get government mention

Simon Allan (renewables director, Plumb Center), Greg Barker (climate change secretary), and Tim Pollard (head of sustainability, Plumb Center) The government has applauded the work Plumb Center is doing on Green Deal, which will help put more money in installers’ pockets.

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Budget must address renewable investment, says Green Energy boss

With the 2013 Budget due tomorrow (Wednesday 20 March), members of the industry have called on the government to prioritise investment in renewable energy as a way to kick start the economy and put the UK on course to meet in 2020 carbon emissions targets.

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£244m funding boost announced for Green Deal

Mark Bayley, chief executive of the Green Deal Finance Company, has confirmed that the company has signed a package of financing agreements which will provide a total £244m funding package for the set-up, financing and administration of Green Deal Plans.

Opinion

Decade of transformation

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

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Energy Efficiency Installer website goes live

The Energy Efficiency Installer website is now live. A sister title to REI, the only magazine to have formed a partnership with MCS, Energy Efficiency Installer covers news, technology and legislation within the energy efficiency and the Green Deal sectors.

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Cameron and Clegg endorse wind industry

Wind and marine trade body RenewableUK today welcomed comments by prime minister David Cameron underlining the need to invest in low-carbon technologies such as wind energy.

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Barker to kick off SPUK roadshows

Greg Barker will launch Restarting the Market, the Solar Power UK Roadshow series at Sandown Park Racecourse this Thursday 7 February 2013.

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Anesco ceo hits back at Green Deal critics

Anesco ceo Adrian Pike The government should be applauded for its Green Deal scheme and the lasting financial and environment benefits it will bring, according to the boss of energy efficiency firm Anesco. 

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Green light for Green Deal

The Green Deal is finally with us following consumer finance plans becoming available as of last Monday (28 January).

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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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Plumb Center becomes Green Deal Provider

Plumb Center’s renewables director Simon Allan Wolseley has become a Green Deal Provider, which means that Plumb Center has received authorisation from the Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body to act as a Green Deal Provider.

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Green Deal cashback gets green light

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has today announced the launch of a £125m cashback scheme for homeowners who invest in Green Deal – two weeks sooner than expected.

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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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Concerns raised over RHI proposals

The consultation period on the domestic sector Renewable Heat Incentive, and expanding the number of eligible technologies for non-domestic customers, is set to come to an end on 7 December.

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Green Investment Bank opens its doors

Business secretary Vince Cable has declared the UK Green Investment Bank plc (UK GIB) officially open for business and announced the first two investments.

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SunGift offers new PV finance

Householders who want to install solar panels on their roof, but don’t have the cash up front to pay for them, can now access green energy finance that enables them to not only purchase a system, but also keep all of the energy saving and Feed-in Tariff (FiT) benefits, says providers SunGift Solar.  

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Gemserv retains MCS role

It has been announced that Gemserv has been successful in its bid to run the government’s Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) for another three years.

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Barker admits to slow start for Green Deal

Climate change minister Greg Barker Climate change minister Greg Barker has played down expectations of what the Green Deal can deliver prior to January.