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PM opens BPEC training centre

Prime minister David Cameron visited Oxford Energy Academy in Witney on Friday 10 October to officially open the new BPEC accredited Apprentice Training Centre.
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GIB passes £5bn mark

The UK Green Investment Bank reports that is has helped over 200 communities by mobilising more than £5bn in green investment as it celebrates its two year anniversary.
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Green Party talks renewable policy with industry leaders

Members of the UK’s renewables industry joined with key Green Party politicians at The Cavendish Hotel, Central London, on Wednesday 15 October to discuss the future of the UK’s energy policies.
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Kingspan appoints new sales director

Kingspan Environmental has announced the appointment of Neil Overton as trade sales director for Great Britain.
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OFTEC launch renewable registration service

Adrian Lightwood, OFTEC registration director OFTEC has introduced new classes of registration for solar thermal systems and heat pumps, with plans to extend this further to cover biomass next year.
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Vergnet hosts first open day

L-R Vergnet’s Diana Popa with Bertie Sainsbury-Plaice and farmer Ian Sharman Vergnet has hosted its first ever open day in the UK on a Nottinghamshire diary farm.
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EU reaches climate change deal

The European Union has agreed a deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030.
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Solarlec makes Sharp impression

A renewable energy firm is celebrating after being named this year’s highest achieving solar panel installer with European technology experts Sharp.
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No need to choose between solar and food, argues STA

The Solar Trade Association will be writing to environment secretary Liz Truss following her announcement that farmland should be used for ‘food and crops’ and not solar farms.
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BPEC Charity Life Award presents £35,000

Winning entry: L-R George Thomson (BPEC Trustee – Life Award Panel member), Dean Buchanan (Datum Foundation – life Award winner), Elsa Buchanan (Datum Foundation – life Award winner) £35,000 has been given in charitable donations by training and certification provider, BPEC, to projects that use plumbing skills to enhance the lives others less fortunate either here in the UK or abroad.
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REA and STA to go separate ways

The Renewable Energy Association and Solar Trade Association are to end their formal affiliation on 1 January 2015.
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BPVA launch ‘Powering Knowledge’

The British Photovoltaic Association (BPVA) and Rated Solar Installer have teamed up to launch a campaign to help install solar PV on school rooftops across the UK – Powering Knowledge.
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Rexel launch Solar Energeasy

Rexel has today launched Solar Energeasy – a programme to help installers drive increased consumer confidence in solar PV.
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Innasol saves the UK over 100 thousand tons of CO2

Innasol has today announced that its renewable heating technology has saved its customers, and the UK, over 100 thousand tonnes of CO2. This is equivalent to more than 16,000 UK residents’ CO2 emissions from heating.
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Get ready for winter with a free Samil Power fleece

To celebrate the launch of the new Samil Power Solar Lake inverter, purchase the brand new Samil Power 30KW TL-PM three phase inverter from SOLFEX energy systems during October, November & December and you will receive an exclusive Samil Power branded Active Winter Fleece free of charge.
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