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Industry slams ‘budget from last century’
Members of the industry have criticised chancellor George Osborne for not doing enough in the 2013 budget to stimulate investment in renewable technologies.
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Opinion
History in the making
Steve Pester, BRE, is delighted to see a government minister put his energy into the new solar guide
Opinion
Forward motion
Bill Hull, head of the Green Deal team and partner at law firm TLT, has advised on the development of the Green Deal scheme. He looks at the Green Deal and asks – how it is progressing?
Opinion
Decade of transformation
Liz Male, Liz Male Consulting, gives the lowdown on the growing importance of energy efficiency
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Winners announced of wind innovation fund
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has today announced the first three winners under the second call of the Technology Strategy Board’s (TSB) Offshore Wind Component Technologies Development and Demonstration scheme.
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Strong government action needed to win global wind race, says RenewableUK
RenewableUK has welcomed a study by financial analysts Ernst and Young which puts Britain near the top of the list of countries in which to invest in renewable energy. However, the trade association expressed disappointment that offshore wind is placed behind Germany in its level of attractiveness.
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Record levels of farmers going green, says NFU
The NFU Farm Service reports record levels of interest in renewable energy among farmers, just 12 months since its launch.
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National Trust boss backs wind turbines
The National Trust’s director-general Dame Fiona Reynolds has given her personal approval to wind turbines describing them as ‘beautiful’.
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Kent prison unlocks the power of wind energy
Wind energy developer Partnerships for Renewables (PfR) has unveiled its first completed turbine installation at HMP Standford Hill on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, with a formal opening by local MP, Gordon Henderson.
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YouGov poll backs clean energy
Independence Day: The biggest draw of renewable energy is the separation it offers from the National Grid, says Phil McVan, Myriad CEG Wind
A YouGov poll commissioned by the Sunday Times has reaffirmed that renewables remain the popular choice for energy generation.
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Cameron and Clegg endorse wind industry
Wind and marine trade body RenewableUK today welcomed comments by prime minister David Cameron underlining the need to invest in low-carbon technologies such as wind energy.
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Calls grow for decarbonisation amendment
Three of the industry’s leading trade associations have unanimously welcomed news that a cross-party group of MPs is tabling an amendment to The Energy Bill.
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Barker unveils latest PV installation guide
Climate change minister Greg Barker has launched the third edition of the MCS’s guide to installing PV systems.
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Scotland leads the way on renewables, says new study
Scotland’s renewable energy deployment and devolved parliament is a model for other governments to follow, according to a new study by Robert Gordon University (RGU).
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New wind energy record for Great Britain
A record amount of electricity has been generated by wind energy in Great Britain, according to National Grid.
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UFW signs wind turbine partnership
UFW Ltd has signed an exclusive partnership with Swedish wind turbine specialists ecWind.
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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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Green Deal will boost wind sector, says RenewableUK
Wind and marine trade body, RenewableUK, has welcomed the launch of Green Deal as a mechanism to boost uptake of small wind turbines.
Product
Easy PV
PV wholesaler Midsummer Energy has developed a free online tool designed to help installers more easily design solar arrays and cut down on paperwork.
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Amber Green adds wind power to its portfolio
Renewable energy provider Amber Green Energy has added small-scale wind turbines to its power generation portfolio following its appointment as re-seller for SIAC Wind Energy.
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UK wind turbine receives US accreditation
Evance’s Kevin Parslow
The Evance 5kW R9000 small wind turbine has achieved full certification from the Small Wind Turbine Certification Council (SWCC) – the body which certifies turbine models in the USA.
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Tory modernisers make renewables pledge
The 2020 Group of Conservative MPs has pledged to make renewable energy ‘the norm’ by the end of the decade.
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UK on track to hit 2020 targets
The UK is on course to hit its 2020 renewable energy targets, according to a new report from the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
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Industry reacts to RO banding decision
REA‘s head of on-site renewables Mike Landy: “Government has heard the evidence provided by industry and has increased the support for large-scale solar PV compared with its consultation proposals, albeit only slightly. We welcome the decision to provide higher support for roof-mounted PV (compared with ground-mounted) and to recognise the very much larger deployment potential for ground-mounted PV than originally foreseen.