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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
German inverter manufacturer KACO new energy has established a new service and customer support centre in Milton Keynes.
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.
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.
Peter Shone, managing director, JPCS
Civil engineering contractor JPCS has been recognised for its green credentials in the Cheshire Business Awards.
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.
(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.
The Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) Communities Scheme is open to applications.
Kevin Hoad (left) and Andy Gribble (centre) present Jonathan Baldwin with his new Mitsubishi L200 4Work van
Heating merchants Plumbase has announced the winner of its national competition to win a brand new Mitsubishi L200 4Work van. Eastbourne-based plumber Jonathan Baldwin scooped the prize worth over £16,000.
Climate change minister Greg Barker says the fund will help innovators get their ideas off the drawing board
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has today announced a large injection of cash into the development of low carbon technologies with the creation of a £16m fund for entrepreneurs.
Kit Beazley, head of finance at Triodos Bank, and Hannah Spungin of Solarsense on the roof of the bank’s headquarters in Bristol
Rooftop solar panels are helping drive down carbon emissions at the Bristol headquarters of one of the UK’s most sustainable banks ensuring its offices are among the country’s greenest.
Two South Wales-based renewable energy specialists have collaborated on a demonstration project, involving a Danfoss heat pump, which they hope will help to dispel popular myths about the limitations of renewable systems.
The London School of Economics (LSE) has thrown its weight behind the continued financial case for solar whilst also boosting its green credentials by investing £135,000 in a renewable energy project.
Dulas Ltd has acquired Scotland-based wind monitoring and equipment supplier Chillwind in order to enhance its own wind energy business.
Some of the leading companies, entrepreneurs and policy makers in the cleantech sector are among the headline speakers at nextgen. Held at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire on 10-11 October, the speaker programme will feature dozens of presentations and topical panel discussions in six seminar theatres at various locations across the show floor.
The administrators of the Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd scheme (REAL) have been using an investigative journalist to carry out company audits and compliance checks on its behalf, according to ClickGreen.
Stuart Dainton of Village Power CIC
The Leicestershire village of North Kilworth is the latest place to benefit from an energy efficiency drive aided by Wattson energy monitors.
SGS Trade’s managing director Gabriel Wondrausch at the company’s new 10,000 sq ft distribution centre
Renewable energy product distributors SGS Trade has opened a 10,000 sq ft warehouse in Exeter from which it will distribute more than 10MWp of equipment per year.