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Kier picks up five contracts

Kier has won five new contracts valued at almost £4m to design and install solar panels for local authorities and housing associations across the UK.

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Ecobuild reports over 57,000 attendees

Ecobuild, the event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment brought together more than 57,000 industry professionals from 20-22 March 2012 at London’s ExCeL. Over the three days visitors explored the products, services and innovations from more than 1,500 exhibitors including world-renowned organisations, Schueco, E.ON, Saint-Gobain, BASF, Kingspan, Vaillant, and Worcester Bosch. In addition to the industry’s heavy-weights, visitors were also able to explore up and coming companies in the exclusive entrepreneur’s zone, Green Shoots.

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Power Nation focuses on solar thermal

Solar thermal wholesaler, Power Nation (Solar Shop Europe) is creating a new focus for its products in 2012. With the turbulence of the PV market, Power Nation is dedicating its efforts exclusively to solar thermal and actively finding collectors that keep the installer needs at heart. The newest edition to its thermal range is the flexible SunnPro-PLUS Vacuum Tube Series in 10, 15, 20 and 30 tube options.

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Derbyshire Dales MP backs green energy company

Derbyshire Dales MP and government chief whip Patrick McLoughlin, was special guest at a reception held at green solutions company The Renewable Shop, based in Matlock.

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Jeremy Leggett comments on drop in PV installations

Jeremy Leggett, Solarcentury has commented on the latest PV installation figures from the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) which show a sharp drop in the total amount of PV installed since the latest cuts to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) on 1 April.

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REI partners the launch of in-depth renewables market analysis report

Renewable Energy Installer has partnered with Sustainable Venture Intelligence (SVI) for the launch of SVI’s market analysis for the renewable and microgeneration sector.  The report will provide valuable reading for anyone involved in the renewable and microgeneration sectors and highlights key areas of growth and opportunity for the market in coming years. Readers of REI are eligible for a 15 per cent discount on the report.

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PM outlines green vision for UK

The Prime Minister David Cameron has addressed delegates at the Clean Energy Ministerial outlining the UK’s vision to make renewable technologies more economically sustainable.

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Who is London’s greenest mayoral candidate?

Independent analysis by Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace has concluded that Labour’s Ken Livingstone is the greenest of the two front-running candidates in May’s London mayoral elections.

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UK contributes £60m towards global CCS

Climate change minister Greg Barker today announced the allocation of up to £60m ($96m) to support the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in emerging markets.

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DECC launches innovation fund

Energy secretary Ed Davey has today pledged £35m over the next three years to encourage fledgling green technologies.

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UK leads world in clean energy, says Davey

Energy secretary Edward Davey has told a world renewable energy gathering that the UK is ‘at the leading edge’ of clean energy technology.

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UK urged to move fast in smart grid race

Britain could be a world-leader in smart grid technology, creating substantial domestic investment and 10,000 highly skilled jobs, according to a report written by Ernst & Young for the SmartGrid GB Group. It says that countries across the globe are competing to develop smart grids which could unlock the full benefits of innovations such as renewables, microgeneration and electric vehicles. These intelligent networks would also give consumers a greater understanding of their energy consumption and contribute towards carbon reductions. Entitled ‘Smart Grid: A race worth winning’, the report was commissioned by the 23 leading companies who make up Smart Grid GB. It says that using smart technologies to help upgrade the national grid will bring major economic benefits by 2050. Using conventional technologies to upgrade the UK’s ageing electricity distribution network is predicted to cost £46bn – but this could be reduced by around £19bn by incorporating smart grid. Despite the potential benefits, the report warns that the UK risks losing out on world leader status in developing the sophisticated technology as there is ‘a decreasing time window to do so’ with South Korea, China and the USA all making significant progress. Robert McNamara, manager SmartGrid GB said:  “The findings of the report are clear. There is a strong business case and we should not delay in developing a smart grid. If Britain is willing to take a global leadership position there are potentially enormous benefits. But if we want to be a serious competitor in the global smart grid race we must prioritise laying the relevant ground work in order for its accelerated development to take place. “The UK cannot afford to take a ‘wait and see’ approach,” McNamara added: “Failure to deploy a smart grid will hamper development of clean tech industries and push up domestic electric costs. It could also potentially mean that we fail to meet our carbon emission targets.”

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Barker to launch renewable skills report

Climate change minister Greg Barker is to launch a report by the Renewable Energy Association (REA) revealing that the UK’s renewable sector supports 110,000 jobs.

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Time running out to raise FiT objections

Time is fast running out for installers to make their views known on the proposed changes to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme outlined by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

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Non domestic Green Deal to be delayed

The Green Deal for non-domestic buildings will not launch at the same time as it is introduced to households, according to GreenWise.

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UKERC research boosts CCS potential

New research has come to light concluding that although difficult, most uncertainties surrounding carbon capture and storage (CSS) technologies can be successfully resolved.