Enact Energy has launched a package designed to enable local authorities to offer residents a way of benefiting from Green Deal.
Thin film PV module manufacturer Solar Frontier has announced an upgraded product lineup spanning 140 – 160W modules – the S series – now commercially available from its 900MW capacity Kunitomi factory in Japan.
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 plans to become a Green Deal provider, as well as helping local authorities and regional organisations move ahead in terms of designing and implementing regional and local schemes.
Ardenham Energy’s Neil Lawson
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 tsunami of destruction throughout the RHI industry.
Mitsubishi Electric has secured first prize in the training excellence category of The National Heat Pump Awards.
Inverter manufacturers Power-One has unveiled its second generation of micro-inverters – the improved AURORA MICRO-0.3-I and AURORA MICRO-0.25-I.
The consultation on the competence criteria project being undertaken by MCS has now been launched.
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 an important step for a scheme that has the very real potential to cut costs for consumers and businesses in the long run, and help generate business investment and jobs.
“However, there is still plenty of work to do. With the launch of the Green Deal expected towards the end of the year, the g
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.
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)
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).
The Solar Trade Association has heralded the latest PV installation figures published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) as a ‘gradual recovery’ from the recent downturn.
Dimplex Renewables has unveiled its latest online offering – mygreenheating.co.uk.
BRE’s Introduction to Renewable Energy Technology course will commence in just 10 days time at its Watford campus.
Teesside-based PV distributor Access Renewables has announced an increase in the capacity of its warehouse to hold more stock of HJ Solar modules.
Ground source heat pump manufacturer Kensa Engineering is appealing to social housing landlords to take advantage of the government’s Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) competition.
Edinburgh’s Telford College has expanded its training opportunities by announcing plans to open Scotland’s largest demonstration solar roof.
The Oil Firing Technical Association (OFTEC) has been accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to provide registration services to Green Deal installers.
The Prime Minister David Cameron has today agreed an energy partnership between Norway and the UK which could raise questions over the government’s commitment to microgeneration in the UK.
Plumb Center says its first ever Channel Island Trade Shows have been met with a positive reaction by ‘delighted’ members of the business community.
Dimplex Renewables says it has bucked the current economic trend by recording impressive sales results in areas including heat pumps, solar thermal, PV and renewables-compatible water cylinders.
Renewable energy supplier Nu-Heat recently met with installers in the South East at its Slough conference.
House builders Bloor Homes has turned to solar technology in order to meet stringent building regulations.
Installer Natural Power Wales has completed a project to install solar thermal panels on the warden’s house at RSPB Ramsey Island in Pembrokeshire.