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Green Deal oversight body and Ombudsman announced
• Gemserv wins contract for oversight of Green Deal • Ombudsman Services Ltd to act as the Ombudsman and Investigation service for Green Deal DECC has today announced two appointments to help ensure robust management of the Green Deal programme. Green Deal Oversight Body Multi service provider Gemserv will run the new Green Deal oversight [...]
Changes to Green Deal don’t go far enough to encourage take-up, says Climate Energy
As DECC publishes its response to the Green Deal consultation paper, Garry Worthington, head of Green Deal at Climate Energy, said: “This response has been greatly anticipated, and we expect it to answer some of the questions surrounding the future of energy efficiency in the UK and will help us to further progress with our [...]
Ardenham Energy responds to RHI announcement
Responding to yesterday’s statement by energy minister Greg Barker MP on the proposed budget for the Renewable Heat Incentive, Neil Lawson, head of renewable heat at Ardenham Energy said: “These are artificial mechanisms conceptualised in an ivory tower. The Treasury is seeking to control a budget at all costs and DECC is responding with a [...]
MCS launches competence consultation
The consultation on the competence criteria project being undertaken by MCS has now been launched. This project has been undertaken to clarify the competence requirements at a company level for companies already within the scheme and for those companies wishing to join the scheme. The biggest challenge faced by installers within the renewable sector trying [...]
Progress on Green Deal but ‘plenty of work to do’ – CBI
The CBI today responded to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) publishing details of the secondary legislation and the government’s response to the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation consultation. Rhian Kelly, CBI director for business environment policy, said: “Having more details on how the Green Deal will operate on a practical level is [...]
Written Ministerial Statement on the Renewable Heat Incentive
Greg Barker MP, minister of state for climate change “The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is the first of its kind in the world and provides long term support for renewable heat technologies such as heat pumps, biomass boilers and solar thermal panels. “On 26 March 2012 I reaffirmed government’s commitment to growing the UK market [...]
DECC sets out the next steps for the Green Deal
DECC has today set out the secondary legislation that will give industry the green light to bring the Green Deal energy efficiency market into operation, alongside measures to strengthen consumer protection and reduce industry burdens and introducing a new, improved energy company obligation (ECO) In addition to setting out the parts of the framework that [...]
Government sets out next steps for Green Deal
The government today set out secondary legislation that will give industry the green light to bring the Green Deal energy efficiency market into operation, alongside measures to strengthen consumer protection, reduce industry burdens, and implement the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). More and more families are being hit by the rising cost of gas and electricity, [...]
Cumbrian-based Sundog Energy has been selected by Samsung to spearhead its drive into the UK solar market. For the first time, Samsung’s top-quality, black-framed 250W panels are available in the UK and will be distributed by Sundog Wholesale, the distribution arm of Sundog Energy. Samsung solar PV panels combine Samsung’s legendary quality and reliability with [...]
Government confirms August start for revamped Feed-in Tarif
The government has announced its long-awaited responses to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) consultation bringing an end to months of uncertainty for the solar PV industry. Energy minister Edward Davey has now served Parliament with the statutory 40 day notice period required to introduce FiT reductions from 1 August – a month later than was previously [...]
