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Solarlec on the rise
Burnley-based PV company Solarlec has expanded its installation capacity after announcing a £12m turnover for last year.
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NAPIT Hires to PV installers
As part of its range of products and services, NAPIT Hire now provides equipment specifically suitable for the solar PV installation sector, including the guaranteed provision of scaffolding towers which, with the recent increase in market activity, has seen unprecedented uptake from installers.
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Practical thinking at Ecobuild
If you’re looking for hands-on experience with micro-renewables, backed up with practical advice from experts, head to Ecobuild and London’s ExCeL on Tuesday 20 – Thursday 22 March.
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The wheel deal
A community co-operative has awarded the contract to supply a hydro-electric turbine for a sustainable energy scheme nearWhitbyto fellow Yorkshire-based business, JN Bentley.
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Plumb Center and Parts Center raise £105k for charity
Despite more and more people feeling the pinch this past year, it is reassuring to see that support has been outstanding for the fundraising efforts of Plumb Center and Parts Center. With the help of the generous customers throughout the UK an outstanding £105,000 was raised for Action for Children.
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Shadow minister enjoys illuminating visit
Shadow energy and climate change minister, Luciana Berger, visited Plumb Center’s Sustainable Building Center in Leamington Spa to discuss renewable technologies and support for energy efficiency measures. The visit coincided with the government’s announcement of revised Feed-in Tariffs for microgeneration, including solar PV and micro combined heat and power (mCHP).
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The only way is Essex
Energy efficiency company, Climate Energy, has just been ranked third in the latest Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100. This annual league table ranks companies by growth in profits over the last two years of available accounts.
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Suntech awarded ‘Top Brand PV’ seal
Suntech Power Holdings has been awarded the ‘Top Brand PV’ seal by EuPD Research, a market research and consultation firm.
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Waxman partners with leading PV manufacturers
Waxman Energy, designers and distributors of solar PV systems, has announced four major new supplier partnerships.
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Single spark triggers devastating Essex biomass fire
Fire investigators believe a spark from machinery triggered the huge fire that swept through Europe’s biggest biomass power plant yesterday.
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Eurozone to get legally binding efficiency targets
European countries will have to set themselves legally binding national energy efficiency targets, and save energy by specific means such as renovating public buildings, under a draft EU directive approved by a European Parliament committee today.
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Does the cap FiT?
The long term level of financial incentive to stimulate take up of solar PV may finally be FiT for purpose, according to ELECSA, the renewable technology certification body.
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What’s in a name?
The Heating and Ventilating Contractors’ Association’s (HVCA) name change is a sign of the times, says the organisation’s president Bob Shelley.
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Industry’s national showcase attracts huge support
Demand for exhibition space at the Oil & Renewable Energy Show 2012 continues to exceed all expectations – even though there are still more than seven months before the doors open for the national showcase of the industry’s products, services and new technologies.
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ORES exhibition space selling fast
Demand for exhibition space at the 2012 Oil & Renewable Energy Show is strongly exceeding expectations, with some of the UK’s biggest and best-respected names having already committed to showcasing their products and services at the Manchester event in October.
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Caplor lauch Community Solar Initiative
Leading renewable energy company Caplor Energy has this month launched a new scheme to support local groups keen to install solar energy systems on community buildings.
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ORES – A national showcase for cutting-edge technology
Some of the best known names in the renewable energy and oil sector have chosen to become sponsors of the UK’s premier showcase for the latest and future energy solutions – the Oil & Renewable Energy Show 2012, at Manchester Central in October. Dozens more are using the event to exhibit and demonstrate their cutting-edge technologies and services.
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UK’s first wind-to-heat scheme awaits green light
The pioneering district heating scheme in the Shetland capital Lerwick is to expand thanks to a unique ‘Wind to Heat’ renewable energy collaboration with power company SSE.
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STA disappointed with DECC’s appeal decision
The Solar Trade Association has responded to the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Supreme Court Appeal.
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Greg Barker defends FiT appeal
Energy Minister Greg Barker has defended the Government’s legal move to appeal to the Supreme Court over the Feed-in Tariff fiasco.
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Friends of the Earth condemn supreme court appeal
The Government is expected to appeal to the Supreme Court later today (Tuesday 21 February 2012) against a High Court ruling that its plans to cut solar subsidy payments are illegal.
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Government submits final FiT appeal
Energy Ministers have submitted their final appeal in an attempt to overturn a High Court ruling that cuts to the Feed-in Tariff were unlawful.
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REA says marine report is welcome, but inconsistent
The Renewable Energy Association has welcomed an Energy and Climate Change Committee report acknowledging the potential of marine renewables, but questions the logic of it’s targets.
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