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£20m pledged to Green Deal Communities fund
A new £20 million Green Deal Communities scheme to help local authorities drive street-by-street delivery of the Green Deal has been announced today.
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£7M for social landlord renewable heat projects
Climate change minister Greg Barker
46 social landlords across Great Britain have been awarded a share of £7million to get renewable heating into the homes of their social tenants, climate change minister Greg Barker announced today.
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Urban Wind launches green lessons
Phil McVan, managing director of Preston-based Urban Wind
Urban Wind is launching a national education programme aimed at informing the next generation about green energy – and dispelling some of the myths.
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NAPIT MCS member wins Installer of the Year
Colchester-based renewable energy installers Ecohill were proud winners of the Installer of the Year Award at this year’s British Renewable Energy Awards, held at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in London in June.
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Innasol expands training offering
Innasol’s management team (L-R Colm Lawlor, Silvio-Spiess and David Rae
Innasol has announced the launch of its education and training initiative – The Innasol Academy.
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RHI – How to communicate the benefits
Babak Daemi, managing director of Everlasting Marketing & PR Ltd tells Renewable Energy Installer why PR will play a big part in shaping the renewable heating industry for the foreseeable future.
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Reasons to be cheerful
Alastair Mounsey, UK country manager at JA Solar, tells PV installers not to the fear the worst with the likelihood of antidumping tariffs being imposed on Chinese products from next month
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NICEIC continues football sponsorship
NICEIC will again sponsor Luton Town FC for the upcoming football season– continuing its long association with the club.
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Plumb Center gives thumbs up to RHI
Plumb Center’s head of sustainability Tim Pollard
Plumb Center’s head of sustainability Tim Pollard has heralded the recent confirmation of domestic RHI tariffs as ‘a great start to the longer journey’ as consumers now have an extra incentive to install renewable technologies.
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North Blyth biomass plant gets the go ahead
North Blyth Energy Ltd has been granted permission by government to construct a 99.9MW biomass power station at Blyth Harbour, Northumberland.
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Taking stress out of biomass district heating
With biomass-fuelled district heating systems growing in number, a manufacturer of district heating pipe systems has highlighted its serious concern at the sector’s apparent lack of awareness in the effects that thermal expansion has on pre-insulated pipe networks.
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UK must copy Germany for circulator pump revolution, says Xylem
The UK must follow the German model and offer households an incentive to convert their circulator pumps to new high efficiency models, insists Xylem Water Solutions UK.
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Community’s green energy co-op slashes college fuel bills
John Cleveland College, Hinkley, Leicestershire
A community is joining forces to launch a £1million green energy co-operative which will cut bills at the local college and raise money for good causes.
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Anesco secures £7million backing from RBS
Adrian Pike, ceo of Anesco
Energy efficiency solutions company Anesco has signed a finance agreement with RBS for funding of up to £7million for its solar ground mount projects.
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Sir Geoff Hurst headlines Live North
World Cup winning hero Sir Geoff Hurst will be the guest speaker at this year’s Live North
World Cup winning hero Sir Geoff Hurst will be the guest speaker at this year’s Live North – the first joint NICEIC and ELECSA conference and exhibition event.
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Time is running out to nominate for the Awards for Excellence
Time is running out to nominate people for the 2013 Awards for Excellence. The awards are organised by SummitSkills, the sector skills council for building services engineering, and recognise the sector’s most talented technical and professional operatives and engineers.
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Green Deal partnership struck to boost installer training
Phyllis Prior-Boardman, Greg Barker and Thomas Farquhar
Green Deal Consortia and Easy Green Deal have today announced a partnership agreement which sees the delivery of a package of Green Deal training and accreditation provision available exclusively to members of the Consortia.
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NICEIC launch interactive Green Deal website
NICEIC has launched a interactive website to provide consumers and contractors with everything they need to know about Green Deal.
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Green Deal with ‘take off’ in the autumn, says SBS
Sustainable Building Solutions (SBS) is predicting a huge increase in interest in the Green Deal this autumn.
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Solve rising fuel bills by joining The Energy Saving Alliance
As energy bills rocket and homeowners budget, energy saving is the solution, says Dan Caesar, managing director of Energise
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B&ES appoints Pettigrew as chief executive
Roderick Pettigrew has been appointed chief executive of B&ES – the Building & Engineering Services Association – with immediate effect.
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Caplor hosts corporate responsibility forum
Caplor would like to offer work experience opportunities to youngsters such as Annabel – a local Year 10 student
Caplor says it was delighted to host the Herefordshire Directors’ Forum – a development programme for professionals from local leading businesses.
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DECC right to act on insulation overheating concerns, says insulation firm Actis
Actis UK technical manager David Curtis, responds to a report about overheating concerns
The government’s decision to take on board concerns by civil engineering experts that heavily insulated homes could become dangerously overheated in summer have been welcomed by European insulation specialists.
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DECC announces domestic RHI tariffs
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has today announced further details of the domestic RHI including tariff levels for eligible technologies.