Solar Industry CEOs Launch Global Solar Council
Global Solar Council members will engage with policymakers worldwide to demonstrate the progress towards abundant, affordable and low emissions energy already made possible by the solar industry and to emphasize the importance of a supportive policy and trade environment, which will enable the ongoing development of competitively–‐priced solar energy, driving job creation and economic growth. […]
Latest tests confirm increased energy generation of Evance small wind turbine
The R9000 5kW turbine was one of the first small wind turbines to be fully certified under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) in July 2010, and since then has received system improvements. Many Evance customers have already benefitted from higher than expected energy generation as the R9000 system improvements were implemented several months ago. For […]
Investing in solar still makes excellent sense for householders
There has been a significant tail-off in installations since the introduction of energy efficiency requirements on 1st April. However, this need not be the case as investing in solar still makes very good sense for householders. That’s the message the STA wants to get out far and wide. STA Chief Executive Paul Barwell said: “Despite […]
Five renewable sources of energy for farmers in developing countries
According to the United Nations, access to reliable and sufficient sources of energy will be critical to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of reducing poverty and hunger by 2015. Many of the world’s poorest people are rural farmers with no connections to power grids or large-scale energy sources. Most of their day-to-day energy currently […]
On the way up at Tullis Russell
KIRK Environmental is pleased to announce that construction is well underway on their part of a £200M state of the art Biomass plant at Markinch, near Glenrothes. Work on the three woodchip storage silos commenced in mid-march and the first silo has almost reached its finished height of 18m above the ground. The 20m […]
Bioenergy evidence session dispels some biofuels myths
Parliament today listened to encouraging evidence on the role of biofuels in the UK Parliament’s Energy and Climate Change Committee today heard that UK-grown biofuels are among the most environmentally sound in the world, and have a key role to play in the UK’s energy mix. Industry stakeholders, including REA [1] members, told the Committee […]
ADBA reacts to FIT consultation
The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association has welcomed the publication yesterday [9 February] of the Comprehensive Review of the Feed in Tariff, but expressed caution about the proposed tariffs for AD. Under the Government’s proposals, plants with installed capacity above 500kW will receive 9.0p/kWh from October 2012, compared to the 9.9p/kWh they would […]
Renewables report a blueprint for ignoring communities, says MEP
Today’s release by the Scottish Government of a blueprint to streamline the scoping, planning and consenting of offshore renewables developments is yet more bad news for Scotland’s coastal communities and businesses, Scottish Conservative MEP Struan Stevenson has said. The report, prepared by a task force comprising government agencies and renewable developers, sets out […]
DECC should invest in renewables rather than appeals, says CLA
The CLA today (25 January) said the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) must end the uncertainty in the renewables industry rather than continuing to appeal against the High Court’s ruling that its plans to cut solar FIT payments on projects completed after 12 December 2011 were unlawful. The Court of Appeal […]
