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PV savings and FiT income up £100 a year
New data from the Energy Saving Trust (EST) shows that the average total savings and Feed-in Tariff income for households installing solar PV has increased by £100 a year.
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Waxman announces agreement with Enphase
Waxman’s new 40,000 sq ft facility in Elland, West Yorkshire
Waxman Energy has teamed up with microinverter manufacturer Enphase.
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Bright future for biomass, says report
The Back Biomass campaign has welcomed an independent report recommending biomass as a cost-effective way to meet UK renewable energy targets.
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DECC announces RHI consultations webchat
The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s RHI team will be running a webchat tomorrow (Thursday 08 November) to answer any questions in connection to the consultations it is running on both the domestic and non-domestic strands of the scheme.
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Mastervolt opens new test lab
Inverter manufacturer Mastervolt process management system has been certified according to ISO 9001. The company says it has also invested heavily in its laboratory facilities in Amsterdam, Holland, making them suitable for testing PV inverters of up to 50kW.
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Barlows celebrates its bright sparks
Talented young electricians have been honoured at a leading contractors’ inaugral training awards.
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Francis Clark advises on community solar park ownership
The Energy and Sustainability team at chartered accountants Francis Clark has supported the directors of Westmill Solar Co-operative in the acquisition of Westmill Solar Park, the funding for which was partly provided through a public share offering.
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Energy partnership scoops £25k government grant
A fuel poverty specialist with offices in Leeds and South Tyneside, has been awarded a £25,000 government grant to develop a new support system for low carbon heat technologies.
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PV returns ‘higher than one month ago’
The sky-high rises in electricity prices by the big energy suppliers this autumn has rendered November’s tiny cuts in Feed-in Tariffs as insignificant and makes the return on investment from solar projects higher than it was a month ago, says Dr. Chris Jardine, technical director, Joju Solar.
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Aurora Academy days in the UK
Inverter and energy storage manufacturers Power-One has announced dates for its upcoming Aurora Academy days in the UK.
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Updating the industry
As you may be aware, one of our main priorities at MCS is to ensure that the technical standards are still relevant for each technology. Since the scheme’s launch, there have been major updates to solar PV technologies for both products and installers. It was concluded that the current associated PV Installer Guide required extensive updating to reflect current products and installation techniques. In light of this, the MCS Solar PV Working Group has undertaken a major project to comprehensively update the DTI Guide for PV Installations, and to ensure the MIS 3002 Solar PV Installer Standard is aligned with the measures introduced in this document. Some of the requirements in the existing version of the standard will be included in the new Guide.
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In the know
This month, the MCS column looks at the facts installers need to know about MCS installation and the Green Deal
The government has made clear that it wants the installation of microgeneration measures under Green Deal to be carried out by MCS-certified installers. Some governance changes are required to make this happen but the intention is that those will all be completed in plenty of time before the first Green Deal installations are carried out in early 2013.
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Scheme of success
With the raft of new technologies aimed at reducing bills and energy usage, the government is aiming to get close to two million installations in place by 2020, so there is a big market there for any installer company looking to get involved, says MCS.
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Call for wind turbine bird protection rules
Scottish scientists are calling for new national guidelines to be put in place to protect birds and bats from domestic wind turbine developments.
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Engensa boss scoops MT Sky award
Toby Darbyshire, co-founder and ceo of Engensa, has won the Start-Up Star category of the MT Sky Future Leaders Awards.
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Davey praises Manchester firm
A Manchester-based renewable technologies company has helped to demonstrate ‘green’ initiatives in the local area to energy secretary Edward Davey on his recent visit to Oldham.
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A local wind farm for local people
A renewables developer is urging planners to keep a decision on whether to approve a Borders wind farm in the hands of the local community.
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SBS recognised at inaugural award ceremony
Sustainable Building Solutions (SBS), part of the Travis Perkins Group, has been awarded the ‘Outstanding Achievement of the Year’ accolade at the Retro Expo Awards, held in Birmingham on Wednesday 31st October 2012.
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Midlands solar firm bucks the trend
A Midlands-based green energy firm is bucking the economic trend having reported a successful 12 months.
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Winners of renewable heating scheme announced
44 social housing projects have today been awarded a share of £3.2million by DECC to get renewable heating into the homes of over a thousand social housing tenants across Great Britain.
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Worcester claims top OFTEC award
Worcester, Bosch Group claimed the award for ‘Best Technical Support’ at the OFTEC Awards for Excellence 2012 which was held at Manchester Central Convention Centre on Thursday 18th October 2012.
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REA to host energy symposium
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has announced the launch of the Energy, Security and Properity Symposium to take place on March 26 2013 at the Royal Institution, London.
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What does the future hold for renewable energy installers?
Ian Stares, renewables product group manager at PTS, is the latest addition to an already impressive speaker line up at A Profitable Future in Renewables Business Strategy Conference.
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RenewableUK hails ‘new era’ of wind investment
The wind industry is on course to power 1 in 10 UK homes by 2015, according to a new report from trade association RenewableUK.