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A poll by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on UK energy policy has found that 64 per cent of the public is concerned about possible blackouts, and that 93 per cent are worried about higher electricity and gas bills.
Econic’s managing director Rob Gardiner
Heat pump specialist Econic is holding a free webinar which it says will dispell some of the myths surrounding the technology and its implementation.
Shadow energy minister, Tom Greatrex, has announced that the next Labour Manifesto will include a commitment to decarbonise the UK’s electricity supply by 2030. He also said Labour has a “relentless desire to take forward the offshore wind industry” which it will put into practice if it wins the next election in 2015.
Daikin UK has appointed Dave Lacey as commercial director of its heating and renewables division, with a view to consolidating its position within the heat pump and renewables market as well as expanding sales of ancillary products.
Entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and products in energy efficiency, storage and low carbon generation can today apply for a share of £19million of government funding.
Business and energy minister, Michael Fallon has announced the creation of an Offshore Wind Investment Organisation (OWIO) aimed at boosting levels of inward investment and providing a stimulus to creating jobs in the UK offshore wind industry.
Want to search for local businesses on your smartphone? Then Plumb Center and Parts Center says its customers should check out its latest Android App.
Following completion of Lark Energy’s first phase of large scale solar projects, totalling 60MWp, the company reports that it has recently secured planning permission for a further 100MWp of solar farms.
David Grindley of Savills Energy
The announcement that the European Commission will impose provisional anti-dumping duties on wafers, solar cells and modules imported from China could be good news for the long-term future of the solar industry, says David Grindley of Savills Energy.
Innotech Solar’s Glava factory
Located in the Swedish village of Glava, the module factory of the Scandinavian-German manufacturer, Innotech Solar (ITS), is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Latest Ofgem figures reveal that over the last year the south west has topped the ‘league table’ for households installing solar panels, with more than 15,000 confirmed installations and around 57 MW installed capacity. This compares to the next closest region, the south east with 13,000 followed by the east midlands with just over 12,000 installations.
4Eco has announced a new partnership with YESSS Electrical.
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has today published its first market report on anaerobic digestion (AD).
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.