Pay4Later, a company which enables retailers to offer finance solutions and interest-free credit to consumers, has enhanced its proposition to increase acceptance rates by up to 20 percent.
REI: What have you got planned for 2015?
RS: We have already seen a strong start to 2015 and we are confident that the solar industry will grow still stronger. We are supporting our members to achieve their goals. We do this by strong and positive on-going dialog with the government, organising conferences, networking events, trade missions and other educational platforms to connect them to the customers.
Who are you? Richard Hiblen, managing director of Green Square home energy centres
With the country set to go to the polls early next month, the spectre of a new government will not halt the move to low carbon heating, says Robert Burke, HETAS
Gordon Moran, writing for the European Energy Centre, predicts a future where fracking and renewables peacefully co-exist rather than compete for investment and priority
Steve Pester, BRE, appraises the health of the solar sector a year on from the much-heralded publication of the Solar Strategy
By guest columnist Bill Wright, head of energy solutions, Electrical Contractors’ Association
As often happens with my monthly article, the content is decided by yet another real-life event, from the heat pump world. We received a call from the owner of a property with a broken-down heat pump at a location near Preston. The heat pump had been installed four years prior and had cost significantly more to run than originally expected.
As I write this column, the announcement has come through from DECC of another degression in the domestic RHI biomass tariff from 10.98p/kWh to 8.93p/kWh, coming into effect 1 April 2015. I understand that there is a fixed budget and that the uptake for biomass has been dramatically increased, but it seems a huge shame to ‘punish’ the technology which has been the most popular choice for householders. It is also true to say that the inevitable ‘feeding frenzy’ which came after the last announcement of the January degression has undoubtedly been the major factor in the next degression and exceeding the super trigger point.
Kelly Butler, marketing director at BEAMA, reminds readers of the legal implications of this year’s ErP introduction
Two pieces of news affecting Chinese PV module imports into Europe are poised to have a knock-on effect on the UK PV market in the months to come, argues Liz MacFarlane, Zenex Solar
Entries opened Wednesday 1 April for the prestigious Heating and Renewable Awards; boasting 17 categories that look to celebrate and share best practice across the industry.