Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS) has announced its return to Pembrokeshire, by opening a brand new branch in Pembroke Dock to serve customers in the local area.

The REA has agreed with the President of the European Biogas Association (EBA), Arthur Wellinger, to strengthen their working relationship on several key issues on a pan-European basis. The agreement was made following the EBA’s annual general meeting on 30th January, held at the Biogas Conference and Exhibition in Leipzig, Germany.

After another successful series of shows, with more visitors, more exhibitors & more presentations than ever before, the ‘Energy Efficiency Exhibitions, incorporating Renewables Roadshow’ promises to deliver everything you need, everywhere in the UK.

The government has today tabled new clauses to the energy bill.

David Cameron has given his personal backing to the continuing drive for energy efficiency and the decarbonisation of the UK’s economy.

L-R Lord Karan Bilimoria, Paul Hutchens, managing director of Eco2Solar and Shalini Khemka, chief executive of E2Exchange (award sponsors). Kidderminster businessman and Eco2Solar managing director, Paul Hutchens, has been named ‘Midlands Entrepreneur of the Year’ at the 2013 Midlands Business Awards.

Richard Martin joins the Green Energy team as head of marketing Energy efficiency consultancy, Green Energy has bolstered its team by recruiting a head of marketing and an office administrator.

NAPIT is the latest organisation to throw its support behind Green Deal, which was officially launched last Monday (28 Jan).

Agreed in the week that the government’s flagship energy saving scheme went live, Toriga reports that it is delighted to be the first Green Deal Provider to officially sign a Green Deal Plan with a UK homeowner. As part of its exclusive partnership with Travis Perkins plc, all materials for the project will be provided by the Group. 

Former energy minister Chris Huhne has stepped down as an MP after pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice.

The government’s forest policy statement has been welcomed by Back Biomass Campaign.

More businesses and homeowners in the UK are turning to renewable energy than ever before, according to the latest edition of the Renewable Energy Roadmap published by energy secretary Ed Davey.   The Roadmap shows that renewable energy output increased by 27 percent between July 2011 and July 2012, and now more than 10 percent of all energy created is coming from renewables.   And ministers from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will be at Ecobuild 2013 to further discuss green initiatives.

HETAS has become the first organisation to successfully map biomass assessments against National Occupational Standards (NOS). This means that biomass installer training will be available through HETAS’s nationwide network of approved training centers, some of which are approved with the National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies.