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In the wake of a decisive general election result, the renewable sector is calling on the new government to send an early signal that low carbon energy and tackling climate change will remain a priority area.
HETAS has now extended the scope of its installer competent person self-certification scheme to include plumbing and sanitary ware.
Waxman Energy is teaming up with microinverter manufacturer Enphase Energy to offer an installer training event at the Waxman Training Academy, West Yorkshire on May 13 2015.
Matthew Taylor, Baron Taylor of Goss Moor
The Carbon Savings Alliance (CSA) will be hosting a one-off technical workshop on RHI funded heat pump solutions in association with Kensa Heat Pumps and My Green Heating on May 14, in Exeter.
SMA Solar UK estimates to have reached a 35 percent share in the UK inverter market, after successfully commissioning a raft of large PV plants ahead of forthcoming ROC deadline.
With a week to go until the General Election, the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) has released its analysis of party political manifestos, comparing parties’ climate and energy policies to see if they have what it takes to tackle climate change.
Ahead of EU legislative changes in September, Daikin UK has published its white paper ‘New Ecodesign Rules and Energy Labelling for Space and Water Heaters’, to shed light on energy efficiency requirements and labelling obligations.
SolarAid has announced that its social enterprise SolarMoney is now improving the lives of 10 million people living in Africa, having sold close to 1.7 million solar lights.
Euroheat has added bespoke biomass boiler maintenance courses to its existing biomass training portfolio, to keep installers up-to-date on servicing and maintaining its range of domestic and commercial boilers.
NAPIT’s local newspaper campaign has reached 1.4 million readers in 600,000 households nationwide, bringing advice to householders on using competent, registered installers.
Paul McCullagh, chief executive of UrbanWind
UrbanWind has completed a £30m funding deal to kick-start onshore wind projects across the UK.
BSRIA were visited by HRH The Duke of York as part of its 60 year celebrations, on April 13th.
Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS), part of the plumbing and heating division of the Travis Perkins Group, has introduced Matthew Mycock as its new managing director.
Based at the company’s head office in Crick, Matthew is leading PTS’ programme of investment as it accelerates its focus on large contract customers.
Installer2015 is a new national trade show – designed to let renewables installers, heating engineers and plumbers get hands-on with the latest products from over 70 exhibitors, reports Installer magazine’s publisher Eoin McManus
Mitsubishi Electric is holding a series of seminars around the country to highlight the support on offer to installers in promoting and working with its Ecodan heat pump technology.
Carbomat has announced a tie up with inverter manufacturer Solis, which will see the UK distribution group carry the full range of Solis single and three phase string products, ranging from 0.7kW to 30kW.
TV presenter Charlie Luxton will be the keynote speaker at this year’s NICEIC and ELECSA Live South event.
Tim Hickman, Evo Energy’s technical manager
Labour’s election promise to remove the carbon from the UK’s electricity supply by 2030 would require an additional 100 million solar panels to be installed over the next 15 years, according to calculations made by EvoEnergy.
NAPIT, as sponsors of Chesterfield FC, have provided free tickets for competitions and prizes to local charities in North Derbyshire.
The Conservative party’s election pledge to halt the development on new onshore wind farms has been branded ‘idiotic’ and ‘illogical’ by members of the UK wind sector.
Daikin UK’s new national training centre is equipped with more heat pumps than other, the manufacturer has claimed.
Mitsubishi Electric has partnered with Easy EPC to offer homeowners full cashback on the cost of an EPC and Green Deal Assessment.
The Contracts for Difference (CfD) register has been released by the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC), confirming that neither of the two solar projects that won CfD contracts for the next financial year will go ahead.
Solarlec has become an approved partner of LG – one of just 200 PV partners in Europe.