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Eco2Solar has secured a £0.7m order book to provide solar PV to 323 new homes and four large apartment blocks under its Preferred Supplier Agreement with Galliford Try’s housebuilding division Linden Homes.
Sustainable Building Solutions (SBS), part of the Travis Perkins Group, has launched the UK’s first Green Deal PAS 2030 course which offers a year of free mentoring for each attendee.
Baxi has appointed Andrew Crown as new business development director for its specification team.
The Solar Future is the UK’s leading solar PV conference. This year it will take place on 16th July at Central Hall, Westminster in London, and will be followed by the Energy Storage UK conference on 17th July, at the same venue.
UFW has secured the sole distribution rights in the UK and Ireland for the EC Wind 55kW wind turbine, manufactured in Sweden.
The UK solar market is on course to deliver 1-1.5GW in 2013 driven by a dedicated government’s solar strategy targeting 20GW of solar by 2020. The UK’s solar ambition is underscored by a number of stable support mechanisms designed to encourage solar’s uptake in domestic and commercial segments, says organisers of the Solar Energy UK 2013.
Xylem Lowara UK’s high-efficiency domestic circulator pump, the Lowara Ecocirc has won the “Best product of the year 2013” award at the recent Plus X Awards ceremony.
Google has selected SolarAid to recieve a £500,000 Global Impact Award.
Communities are to get a greater say over the siting of onshore wind developments and receive higher levels of financial incentives, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced.
Fall protection specialist Eurosafe Solutions has secured an agreement with a Dutch designer and manufacturer of wind turbines, to test and inspect its fall protection systems on its turbines across the UK.
Britain is an eco-friendly nation of homeowners, according to a new study commissioned by npower.
Power-One today announced that it will host a series of events entitled AURORA MICRO Road Show.
HETAS has agreed a deal with Prompt Payer whereby registered installers can sign up for premium membership of the scheme at the reduced price of £35 + vat.
Bird & Bird today announces that its Energy & Utilities Sector Group has advised Roundwood Energy on a £10m investment.
The Energy Bill has moved to the next stage in Parliament following an overwelming vote in the House of Commons, despite defeat for an amendment introducing a decarbonisation target.
The bill can now be heard in the House of Lords after MPs voted 396 to eight this week following its third reading.
The EU has formally imposed provisional anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese solar panels of 11.8 per cent starting from tomorrow (06 June).
Trade Skills 4 U’s new commercial director Sabarah Cursons
Trade Skills 4 U has strengthened its team with the addition of new commercial director Sabarah Cursons.
Segen has announced a new partnership with solar panel manufacturer WINAICO in order to help reduce the impact of the EU anti-dumping tariffs on the Solar PV industry.
Head of Europe at Trina Solar, Ben Hill
Trina Solar has announced that it has recently supplied 10.5MW of PV modules to Prosolia Energía, for two agricultural projects in the UK.
Amy Wanless and Andrew Davison, Muckle LLP
Newcastle-based commercial law firm Muckle LLP has extended the expertise within its Energy Team, with the appointment of a new corporate associate solicitor.
SolarTech reports that it has secured over 25 megawatts of PV solar farm contracts cross the country in the first four months of 2013.
In its regular column this month, the MCS takes a look at solar PV installations fire safety
Energy secretary Ed Davey is today confirmed as headline speaker at The Energy Event, at the NEC in Birmingham on 10 September, running to 11 September.
Trade bodies and industry leaders have broadly welcomed the overall rise in tariffs for the commercial RHI.