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Green Deal is the real deal, says Enevis
Renewable energy provider Enevis has welcomed the launch of the government’s Green Deal, which aims to help homeowners cut costs and carbon emissions.
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Ecobuild 2013 – ‘greening our cities’
According to organisers UBM, addressing the environmental impact of the world’s cities is top of the agenda at Ecobuild 2013.
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Wind farm project revised following feedback
A renewable energy developer says it has revised the scale of its Quixwood Moor Wind Farm project in keeping with its commitment to working in partnership with local communities in the Scottish Borders.
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Lightsource overcomes solar planning difficulties
Higher Knapp Farm, near Taunton, has recently become one of the latest farms in Somerset to rent out a small percentage of its land to solar power generator, Lightsource Renewable Energy.
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All eyes on Triodos Renewables’ new wind turbines
Green energy company Triodos Renewables started the new-year with the erection of two new wind turbines at Eye, Suffolk. The Eye project is Triodos Renewables’ ninth renewable energy project, and the fourth that’s been developed on a brownfield site.
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Turbine fleet outperforms in first year
12 months since installing its first Vergnet wind turbine, a North Yorkshire renewables company is reporting that its UK fleet is surpassing expectations.
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InstaGroup kicks off Green Deal in York
Green Deal Provider InstaGroup has held several training sessions last week for its national Snug Network of installers at The Energy Centre, based at Solarwall’s offices in York this week.
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Installer fined for illegal use of HETAS logo
A heating installer from Devon has been ordered to pay almost £3,500 by Barnstaple Magistrates Court for offences including the misuse of the HETAS logo. Warren Emo, trading as Fired Up, pleaded guilty to all three charges which included giving a customer incorrect advice on the installation of woodburning stoves.
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Reid Kerr and HSE team up for safe solar
The Working Well Together campaign, a partnership between The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and the construction industry, has organised a half-day event at Reid Kerr College, Paisley to specifically address the issue of working safely when involved in solar PV/Thermal installation.
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TGC secures consent for 3.48MW project
Renewable energy project developer, TGC Renewables, has secured planning permission for a 3.48MW solar project near Hayle, Cornwall.
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Clean energy for Workington Port
The Port of Workington’s ongoing £5.7m regeneration programme has been given a green boost with a 50kWp rooftop PV system installed by Cumbria-based Sundog Energy.
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Green light for Green Deal
The Green Deal is finally with us following consumer finance plans becoming available as of last Monday (28 January).
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The Green Electrician wins social housing contract
The Green Electrician Group has won a contract to supply three vertical PV facades for Irwell Valley Housing Association. Working for main contractor ISG, the project includes the installation of three, 16-panel, vertical PV arrays on tower apartments, providing electricity for use in communal areas.
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Two minutes with…
Who are you? Steve Griffiths, sales and marketing director for Tritec Energy
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Talking point
Liz MacFarlane, Zenex, looks ahead to the company’s new showings at Ecobuild and new reasons for the sector to push the positive aspects of PV
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Chris Davis, Dimplex
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A bright idea
In his regular column, Steve Pester asks, so what’s this new National Solar Centre?
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Good times ahead
Phil Hurley, managing director, NIBE, is looking forward to the year ahead for the heat pump market
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Breaking the ice
Bob Long is an engineer with heat pump specialists Eco Innovate. This is the first of a series of articles in which Bob discusses problems often encountered when installing this technology and ways to resolve them.
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Changes afoot
DECC recently implemented a number of changes following the consultation on Phase 2B of the Feed-in Tariffs Comprehensive Review: Tariffs for Non-PV Technologies and Scheme Administration Issues.
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Travis Perkins acquires Solfex
The Travis Perkins Group has today announced the acquisition of Solfex.
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SBS launch Green Deal Assessor training
(l to r) Eimear Montague SBS, Kevin Lucas PTS, Matthew Wright Wickes, Stefan Pudylyk CPS, James Booth PPL, Lee Jackson SBS, Martyn Rolfe CCF, Mark Newman TP
Sustainable Building Solutions (SBS) is to offer builders, contractors and installers a ten day New Entrant Green Deal Domestic Assessor course.
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Sundog founder appointed chairman of BSI committee
Working under the direction of the BSI British Electrotechnical Committee and the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, the GEL/82 Committee is responsible for the UK input to the equivalent international bodies which set standards for all elements of PV systems.
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Enact secures Green Deal Provider status
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Enact Energy reports that it has become the first renewable energy company in Cornwall to achieve Green Deal Provider status.