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World first bio plant for handling household waste to be built in UK
A world first bio plant for handling unsorted household waste will be built in Cheshire by DONG Energy.
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UK’s first ‘Council Solar Bond’ celebrates launch
Swindon Borough Council and leading peer-to-peer investment platform Abundance have launched the UK’s first ever ‘Council Solar Bond’ to fund the Swindon community solar farm.
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Leading solar firm in the market for cold leads
Renewal Energy Experts Clean Power Solutions (CPS) are installing more solar PV systems than ever before and is now seeking to buy cold leads from other solar PV installers and energy consultants.
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Germany offers €30m subsidy scheme to fund PV battery installations
Germany’s Government has announced further cash incentive measures for photovoltaic battery installations, starting from March 1.
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Leapfrog Finance funds construction of Plymouth community solar project
Leapfrog Finance has announce its funding of the construction of a 4.1MW solar project co-developed by Plymouth Energy Community (PEC) and Communities for Renewables CIC.
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Housing association delivers free solar energy to 2,000 homes
One of the UK’s award winning renewable energy companies has been awarded a contract to provide almost 2,000 homes with solar PV on behalf of Havebury Housing Partnership in Suffolk.
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Dulas awarded Welsh Government grant for pioneering solar fridges
Dulas, leading designer and manufacturer of renewable energy systems, has been awarded £57,400 of funding from the Welsh government’s SMARTCymru programme, to support the development of its Solar Direct Drive Refrigerators.
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MCS pulls plug on heat pump range after false test data probe
Administrators of the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) have pulled the plug on a range of renewable energy products after it was discovered the test results they had accepted were found to be false.
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Bristol offers £10k grants for community energy projects
Bristol City Council is offering loans of up to £10,000 to community energy groups for sustainable energy projects in their area.
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Hydro firm commits £25 million new investment in the Highlands
Perth-based hydro firm Green Highland Renewables is about to start work on a significant new hydro scheme at Loch Eilde Mor, in the hills above Kinlochleven.
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UK Energy Storage needs defining says industry
The chief of the UK’s Electricity Storage Network (ESN) has this week called on the Government to clearly define the storage sector insisting the technologies are proven and the demand is evident.
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ENER-G publishes Essential Guide to Small Scale Combined Heat and Power
ENER-G has published a detailed new ‘Essential Guide to Small Scale Combined Heat and Power’, which is available free to download.
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University invests in solar to generate extra revenue
Northumbria University has taken significant steps to increase its use of solar energy to help reduce its carbon emissions.
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Local company wins large-scale solar installation contract
One of the North East’s leading solar PV specialists – Saving Energy Renewables North East – has been awarded the tender to install a 224kw commercial solar system by Arch, The Northumberland Development Company.
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Renewable energy demand in Europe reaches record levels
The demand for renewable electricity in Europe, documented with Guarantees of Origin (GO), continued to grow in 2015. The growth is up more than 8% from 2014 and surpassed 340 TWh.
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Scottish industry doubles use of renewable energy in 2015
The number of Scottish businesses generating their own locally-generated renewable energy doubled in 2015, according to analysis of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) deployment data by Raggnar, the renewable energy provider.
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Solar should add value to your home, but more research is needed
Do rooftop solar panels add value to your home in the same way as a kitchen refurb or new bathroom? Logically they should, due to the significant value of the electricity the panels will produce over their lifetime of 25 years or more.
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National Trust installs “modern art” solar panels at world famous garden
An array of 175 solar panels is now providing energy for the Pavilion café at the internationally-renowned Bodnant Garden in the Conwy Valley.
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RES reveals its first UK solar PV energy storage project
Leading company Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has this week announced its first UK contract to build and support a battery energy storage system (BESS).
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Official figures confirm renewables as Scotland’s main source of power
Official figures have shown Scotland’s renewables industry is now the country’s principal source of electricity.
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Aylesbury solar farm sold to German operator
Leading renewable energy firm BayWa r.e. has sold the Aston Clinton solar park in England to CEE, an associated company from Hamburg. BayWa r.e. will take over the technical operations management of the 24MW park.
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EU 2030 renewable targets must be backed up, warns Lords committee
The EU-wide binding 2030 renewables target will not be delivered unless it is backed-up by an monitoring and enforcement mechanism that acts as a guarantor for the agreement, according to the House of Lords EU Committee which today published its report on EU energy governance.
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Government announces smaller than expected cuts to Feed-in Tariff
The Government has provided some Christmas cheer to the renewable energy industry after confirming cuts to the Feed-in Tariff will be less than first feared.
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Conergy celebrates launch of UK “Solar on Schools” programme
Conergy, the leading global solar developer, is celebrating the launch of a unique initiative that will offer UK schools easy access to solar installations.