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Plumb Center welcomes incentive boosts
Chancellor George Osborne’s recent Autumn Statement confirmed a £200 million introductory offer to help boost the Green Deal when it eventually comes in to force. ...
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UK’s first high street Energy Shop opens up
Britain’s first Energy Shop has opened with the aim of making buying low-carbon energy as simple as stocking up on the weekly shop.
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Solar still hot investment
Sheffield-based company, The Energy Initiative, is encouraging consumers in South Yorkshire to continue to invest in solar power despite recent cuts to a government subsidy.
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FiTs supplier calls for solar gap to be closed
SmartestEnergy has urged the government to close the gap between Feed-in Tariff (FiT) rates for domestic and commercial scale solar projects.
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Renewables training boost in Bristol
Charlotte Leslie MP has officially opened the NAPIT Bristol Training Centre – as part of its joint venture with Plumb Center and Sevenoaks Energy Academy.
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Great balls of fire: Wind turbine erupts in flames in 165mph gales
This picture shows the moment a huge wind turbine erupted in flames after it was struck by hurricane-force winds in Scotland.
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UK could face legal action over FiT cuts, confirms European Commission
The UK government could face legal action over its plans to more than halve solar subsidies, the European Commission has today confirmed.
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A stuttering start for UK’s Renewable Heat Incentive following solar PV fiasco
An effective launch of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) has been thwarted because the government fears a repeat of the chaos surrounding solar Feed-in Tariffs, ...
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New report calls for premium tariff for community energy projects
A new report has called on the UK government to introduce a premium Feed-in Tariff for community energy projects following the planned subsidy cuts ...
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Fight against Feed-in Tariff cuts wins new day in High Court
Several high profile legal challenges against the government’s decision to slash Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) for solar installations from December 12 have been rejected by the ...
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Essex company on the fast track
Witham-based carbon reduction group, Climate Energy, has been placed 55th in a nationwide league of fastest growing companies.
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Researchers look to drive down price of solar cells
The cost of a solar cell is given per unit of peak electrical power. Manufacturing costs necessarily include the cost of energy required for manufacture. ...
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High Court to hear solar legal challenge application
The High Court has agreed to hear applications by Friends of the Earth and two solar companies – Solarcentury and HomeSun – for permission to challenge government ...
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Gaia-Wind wins award
Farm scale wind turbine manufacturer Gaia-Wind has won the Scottish Renewables Green Energy Award for business growth. The award recognises ‘outstanding business growth or the ...
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Green Deal Skills Alliance secures £1.4m to help firms go green
The Green Deal Skills Alliance (a partnership of SummitSkills, Asset Skills and ConstructionSkills) has secured £1.4m to help employers take advantage of commercial opportunities around ...
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Time to concentrate
As sales in solar thermal systems continue to soar, chemical water treatment manufacturer Fernox has expanded its range of inhibited heat transfer fluids with the ...
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Jobs at risk over solar cuts – Friends of the Earth reaction
Commenting on news that services company Carillion has told 4,500 staff that their jobs are at risk following plans to halve subsidies on solar power, Friends ...
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Carillion Energy could start domino tumble for free UK solar, analysts warn
As the 4,500-strong workforce at Carillion Energy come to terms with their first full day of a 90-day mass redundancy consultation today, analysts have warned ...
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Alumet scoops marketing award
Facade and renewable energy specialist, The Alumet Group has been successful at the Construction Marketing Awards (CMA) in London. The company beat a shortlist of&...
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Barker “regrets” not cutting FiT earlier
Energy minister Greg Barker, has said his only regret about introducing an early December cut-off point for solar PV subsidy was that he “didn’t ...
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Autumn Statement sends ‘a wintery blast’ says Friends of the Earth
Commenting on chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement today (Tuesday 29 November 2011), Friends of the Earth’s executive director Andy Atkins said:“George Osborne’s Autumn ...
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Good Energy works weekend to help with FiTs
Good Energy does not agree with the government’s decision to bring forward the deadline for registering the higher rate of Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) ...
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Kensa launches videos for GSHP installer
Kensa Heat Pumps says it has always believed in sharing knowledge for the benefit of the industry and consumers. The company’s Installer Partner ...
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Investors in People award for Sundog
Cumbria-based solar PV company Sundog Energy, has been awarded the Investors in People (IiP) Silver Award, making it one of approximately 148 organisations to receive the ...
