NatWest renewables team takes home top award
The team was selected unanimously by judges who applauded their dedication to training staff, at the annual event hosted by the Renewable Energy Association on Friday. Following the launch of the Renewable Energy Team in 2011, the bank has specially trained over 300 managers looking after small and medium sized businesses across the UK. The […]
Office of the Prince of Wales and Duchy of Cornwall to receive UK’s first Green Gas Certificates
UK’s first Green Gas Certificates to be presented tonight The Office of the Prince of Wales and The Duchy of Cornwall will receive the UK’s first Green Gas Certificates tonight at the annual awards dinner of the Renewable Energy Association (REA) [1]. The non-profit Green Gas Certification Scheme (GGCS), operated by Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd […]
ADBA welcomes energy entrepreneurs fund
Responding to DECC’s announcement for £19M available to support innovative products in energy efficiency, storage and low carbon generation, Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive, ADBA said: “There is a huge amount of innovation across the AD sector, and programmes such as the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund which support this are very welcome. “New AD technology will help […]
Frustration at cuts in support for biomass heat despite RHI seriously under-performing
Government made two announcements on the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) yesterday : a degression to the tariff for mid-sized biomass and a new consultation on proposed tariff increases. DECC has announced that the mid-size biomass heat tariff will be cut by 5% from 1st July, despite the scheme as a whole seriously under-performing The […]
STA welcomes Government’s moves to boost renewable heat market
The STA welcomes DECC’s announcement today that grants available to households installing renewable heat technologies, including solar heating systems, are to double. The grant for solar heating rises to £600 subject to a requirement that the household undertakes a Green Deal energy efficiency assessment. Stuart Elmes, Chair of the STA’s Solar Thermal Working Group, said: […]
European Commission’s proposals for high provisional duties on Chinese solar panels “very disappointing”
The STA is very disappointed that the European Commission has proposed provisional duties on Chinese imported solar panels of between 37% and 67% [1]. The STA opposes the imposition of any duties which restrict free trade and the growth of the solar market. STA CEO Paul Barwell said: “These duties, if imposed, will damage the […]
REA hits back at NGOs’ biomass ‘Pseudo-Science’
The Renewable Energy Association, whose members include both large and small biomass developers and suppliers, has taken the unusual step of publishing a private letter sent last month to the heads of three green campaign groups, appealing to them to review their strategy of “promoting … misinformation” and “deliberately facilitating confusion” about biomass among the […]
CLA encourages farmers to pursue anaerobic digestion
Welcoming this emphasis on the many benefits of AD to farming Henry Robinson, Deputy President, CLA said: “I am hopeful that efforts to raise the profile of anaerobic digestion on-farm, such as the recognition granted within the Ecosystems Market Task Force report, will drive uptake in the market. The benefits of anaerobic digestion to farming […]
Importance of renewables in the spotlight for young poultry farmers
Members of the NFU and ABN’s Poultry Industry Programme visited a farm in Norfolk where they got to see solar arrays, a wind turbine built especially for the visit and a potentially ground-breaking biomass unit which could eventually be used for transforming chicken litter into clean and cost-efficient energy. NFU poultry adviser Chris Dickinson said: […]
