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REA reacts to Energy Bill delay

The Renewable Energy Association has responded to the government’s decision reported earlier today to withdraw an Energy Bill from the Queen’s Speech.
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NICEIC Live only weeks away

NICEIC Live is now only weeks away with the exhibition getting underway at Epsom Downs Racecourse on Thursday 17 May.
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Segen and Yingli form product partnership

Renewable technology distributors Segen has agreed a partnership with Chinese manufacturers Yingli Green Energy to supply its products in the UK under the brand ‘Yingli Solar’.
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Ploughcroft sets schools challenge

Ploughcroft is offering a £1,000 cash prize and an educational tour of its facilities to the secondary school which wins its new challenge.
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Solar insurance scheme launched

GGFi, the insurance division of the Glass & Glazing Federation, has launched its Solar Insure Insurance Backed Guarantee scheme for MCS accredited installers of solar PV and solar thermal systems. The scheme gives installers the opportunity to provide their domestic customers with Insurance Backed Guarantee (IBG) protection, protecting parts and workmanship for up to 10 years should the installer cease to trade.
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Head appointed to new CCS task force

The task force is currently being set up to explore ways in which CCS can become cost competitive with other low carbon technologies within the next 10 years. It will advise the government on measures needed to lower the costs of developing commercial CCS programmes and outline a vision for the next phase by early 2013.
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Evance turbine more powerful than thought

Evance Wind Turbines has announced that tests conducted recently on its R9000 5kw model indicate that it produces 4 per cent more electricity than previously thought.
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95 per cent of RHI applications turned down

Ofgem, the body which administers the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), has rejected 95 per cent of applications received in the last four months.
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Want to become a Green Deal Advisor?

Asset Skills wants to hear from qualified energy assessors and home inspectors in Great Britain who would like to become one of the first Green Deal Advisors.
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Survey shows fall in staff training

A new survey has shown that over two-thirds of renewables employers have suffered from delays and uncertainties over government policy.
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Council cuts carbon footprint

Kier has completed a £520k contract with Mid Devon Council to install around 300Kw of PV panels at four properties.
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LDK shares tumble as prices fall

Chinese solar supplier LDK Solar has forecast lower than expected revenue for the current quarter after being forced cut its prices.
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REA welcomes biofuels report

The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has welcomed the publication of two reports concerning the UK’s biofuels policy.
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Trump follows through on wind pledge

US billionaire Donald Trump has appeared at a Scottish parliamentary committee examining whether the country can meet ambitious targets to generate all its electricity from renewables by 2020.
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Two thirds of Britons are in favour of wind power, survey finds

Two-thirds of Britons are in favour of the use of wind power in the UK, with more than a quarter ‘strongly in favour’, according to new research by Ipsos MORI for RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the UK wind and marine renewables industries.
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Q-Cells files for insolvency

German PV manufacturer Q-Cells has filed for insolvency following disappointing sales and operating results.
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