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A Shade Greener in £50m China deal

A Shade Greener’s chairman Stewart Davies Free solar firm A Shade Greener has signed a £50m supply deal Chinese PV manufacturer JA Solar Holdings to supply the company with 47MW of solar panels.
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SummitSkills welcomes apprenticeship grant

The latest government announcement making apprenticeship grants available to more employers will give a welcome boost to SMEs in the building services engineering sector, says skills council SummitSkills.
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Q-Cells finds South Korean buyer

The creditors of Q-Cells have agreed to sell the struggling German PV manufacturers to South Korean firm Hanwha.
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Community benefit in spotlight for WJM mini-conference

Inverness-based solicitors Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie (WJM) will be taking ‘community benefit from renewable energy’ as its theme for the company’s Autumn 2012 free conference.
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Eco2Solar inspires greener lives

Back to school: The Northfield Ecocentre, Birmingham will use its solar array as a community educational resource Midlands PV installer Eco2Solar is helping inspire local people to lead greener lives with its latest solar installation at Northfield Ecocentre.
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Botanic garden turns to nature

National Botanic Garden of Wales has completed an extensive renewable energy heating project set to create significant savings in fossil fuel energy costs and CO2 emissions.
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Biomass is huge success for BSW Timber

Quid’s in: BSW Timber’s biomass plants should generate the company around £0.5m annually under the RHI Sawmilling business BSW Timber is celebrating gaining Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) accreditations in recognition of the sustainable heat produced by the business’s three biomass plants.
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Canadian Solar partners with Sungift Trade

Looking good: SunGift says its partnership with Canadian Solar is good news for installers in the south west South West renewable energy distributor SunGift Trade has become an official partner of and authorised reseller for global PV manufacturer Canadian Solar, making SunGift Trade one of only a few selected authorised resellers of their products in the UK.
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Who wants to be a millionaire?

Big is best: Promens, Beccles is the UK’s largest roof-top solar installation Just one year after over 7,000 solar panels were installed on the roof of Promens Packaging’s plant in Beccles, Suffolk, the scheme has now generated over 1,000,000 kWh (1 GWh) of green electricity.
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Qualify to spot Green Deal opportunities

Top marks: The Level 2 Award in Understanding Sustainable Refurbishment (QCF) from EAL is designed to put Green Deal advisors ahead of the competition A new qualification has been launched to help tradespeople spot the potential to install energy-saving measures in homes and businesses.
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Clean energy forecast for Met Office

Powering on: Gabriel Wondrausch, managing director of SunGift Solar, says the 250kWp project was completed ahead of schedule SunGift Solar has completed the installation of the Met Office’s 250 kWp solar PV array ahead of schedule.
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E.ON gives worst FiT services, says survey

There are huge differences in the quality of service offered by energy companies to people generating their own electricity according to a new survey. Strong winners and losers emerged when renewable energy website YouGen asked people who have installed solar panels, hydro or wind turbines what they thought of their Feed-in Tariff (FIT) supplier.
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Waxman takes training to the next level

Impressive CV: Roy Oxley joins Waxman’s training team following a 30 year career in electrical training and installation Waxman Training Academy is strengthening its team with the appointment of Roy Oxley.
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Viessmann ramps up customer service with new warehouse

Heating system manufacturers Viessmann says it has drastically improved customer response times by opening a new warehouse in the Midlands which can now process orders up to 4pm for next day delivery.
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Last chance to enter Dragons’ Den at nextgen

Renewable energy exhibition nextgen has announced a last call for submissions to pitch a renewable energy project or technology at the show’s Dragons’ Den.
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KACO bolsters UK presence

German inverter manufacturer KACO new energy has established a new service and customer support centre in Milton Keynes.
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GECCO2 ‘on the ball’ in Geo-Exchange system

GECCO2’s Trenching Machine GECCO2 has won the contract to install a large horizontal Geo-Exchange system as part of the £18m state-of-the-art North Shore Health Academy development in Stockton-On-Tees.
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UK ‘going backwards’ on DECC greenhouse gas stats

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has launched its greenhouse gas statistics for local authorities which shows which areas of the country are performing well in tackling emissions.
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JPCS short listed for green award

Peter Shone, managing director, JPCS Civil engineering contractor  JPCS has been recognised for its green credentials in the Cheshire Business Awards.
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Redlands acquires technology from Schott Solar

Redland, part of the Monier Group, says it has strengthened its position as the leading technology provider for the interface between PV products and pitched roofs by acquiring Schott Solar’s InDaX technology for the manufacture of roof integrated photovoltaics.
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Homes in Halifax benefit from £110,000 fuel poverty funding

(Left to right) Chris Sowerbutts (CES), Tom Miskell (Together Housing Group) and Kevin Drake (Northern Gas Networks) on site at Stansfield Close, Halifax. More than 100 households inHalifaxwill soon be enjoying warmer homes and lower energy bills thanks to a £110,000 fuel poverty project which is now underway.
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