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NICEIC and ELECSA sponsor Luton Town FC
Luton Town FC will be hoping to make an extra impression in the football league this year thanks to sponsorship from NICEIC and ELECSA.
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SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED for the Energy Efficiency & Renewables Awards
The votes are in, the waiting is over, and the shortlists for this year’s Energy Efficiency & Renewable Awards can now be revealed.
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Mitsubishi Electric welcomes DECC heat pump map
Edward Davey MP (Centre) is shown how the Kingston apartments get their heating from the Thames by Mike Spenser-Morris, managing director of NHP Leisure Developments (left) and Donald Daw from Mitsubishi Electric (right)
Mitsubishi Electric has welcomed the publication by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) of a national water source heat map, which highlights the significant opportunities that exist for open water heat pump installations across the country.
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Plumb Center responds to latest RHI figures
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has released the latest figures for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
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NICEIC & ELECSA announce new Techtalk dates
Tony Cable and Darren Staniforth will be hitting the road again as NICEIC and ELECSA announce the next series of dates for its regional TechTalks.
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Kensa’s tour of Britain unveiled
Kensa are taking to the road this Autumn and Winter to challenge the myths surrounding GSHPs.
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Guide dog charity to showcase biomass benefits
Rural Energy is organising a ‘talk and tour’ session on September 29th to highlight the benefits that biomass is bringing to the National Breeding Centre for charity Guide Dogs UK.
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Yorkshire Heat Pumps marks first anniversary
Yorkshire Heat Pumps is celebrating a successful first year of trading.
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Plumbing & heating industry on the up, says Uponor
Research by Uponor has shown that optimism is rapidly rising within the plumbing and heating trades with 90 percent of installers enthusiastic about the year ahead.
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PTS team completes 100 mile charity cycle challenge
A team from Northampton-based distributor PTS (Plumbing Trade Supplies) has joined forces to complete a 102 mile cycle challenge in aid of the company’s partner charities – Mind and Cruse Bereavement Care.
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Helping hand
The wait is over – the RHI has finally arrived and customers are now looking to apply for the incentive; what does this mean for the installers? And how can they ensure they are meeting the requirements for the DRHI? MCS has listed some information below to help you and your customers
Customers will be relying on their MCS certificate to be correct when applying for the RHI and therefore, the installer must ensure the certificate is filled out appropriately. For example, installers need to make sure that if they select ‘no’ for metering on the compliance certificate that they make the same selection on the MCS database – any differences between the two would render the customers RHI application being rejected.
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Kensa launches installer scheme
Kensa Heat Pumps has launched a campaign to encourage the deployment of ground source heat pumps.
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Flogas invests in renewables
Flogas Britain has launched Flogas Renewables following the acquisition of UFW
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STA welcome moves to remove PV planning permission up to 1MW
The STA has welcomed moves promised in DECC’s recent Solar Strategy to extend permitted development to all non-domestic roof-top solar PV schemes up to 1MW in size
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d-RHI passes 1,000 installation milestone
Official figures from Ofgem reveal the number of households benefiting from the domestic RHI has now passed the 1,000 mark in just under four months since the scheme’s official opening.
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Heating & Renewables Roadshow gets off to a flyer
The Heating & Renewables Roadshow has hit the ground running following its official launch in early July.
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Grant UK hosts annual golf day
Grant UK recently hosted its third annual golf day at the Bowood Golf and Country club in Calne, Wiltshire
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PEGL rises to the Three Peaks Challenge
Nine members of staff from Sheffield-based President Engineering Group (PEGL) completed the national Three Peaks Challenge last month, raising over £3,000 for Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity.
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Plumb and Parts Center name charity partners
Macmillan Cancer Support and The Katie Haines Memorial Trust have been chosen to be Plumb and Parts Center’s new charity partners
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CAT’s 40th carnival
This summer, the Centre for Alternative Technology is celebrating its 40th birthday
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Flogas Renewables launch premium partner scheme
Flogas Renewables has announced the launch of its Premium Partner scheme – an initiative designed to enable installers to work on large-scale projects without credit ratings and cash-flow becoming an issue.
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Green Deal Home Improvement Fund closes to new applicants
DECC has announced the immediate closure of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) due to a ‘overwhelming popular demand’.
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Industry slams CfD funding decision
The CfD scheme is set to replace the Renewables Obligation as the chief support mechanism for large-scale renewable energy projects and will involve a bidding process for rounds of funding.
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YouGen to host live RHI Q&A session
Renewable energy consumer website YouGen.co.uk will be hosting a live online Q&A session with representatives from DECC from 2-3pm on Monday 28 July.