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Feed-in-Tarriff (FIT) Switch Over From ROC Incentive

Below is important information regarding the switch over from the ROC incentive to the FiT incentive which takes place at the end of March. Please read this as you may need to act before the end of March.
One area we should make clear; if you have received a LCBP phase 2 grant, you are [...]

Published on March 25th, 2010

Social Housing project supports environmentally friendly technology

Energi Investments plc has recently completed fitting Solar PV C21e tiles to roofs of houses for property developer Mark Oliver Homes on homes being built in Liversedge for their client Connect Housing. The total value of the contract was £240,000. This is an alternative Solar PV that is integrated into each roof and has a [...]

Published on December 4th, 2009

Britain To Shift To Smart Grid, Meter Systems

Date: 03-Dec-09
Country: UK
Author: Kwok W. Wan
LONDON – Britain is to shift to a smart energy system, including a national smart grid, which should pave the way to a low carbon future that includes large wind farms, more efficient heating systems and electric vehicles.
The government said smart meters, which provide real-time information to consumers about energy [...]

Published on December 3rd, 2009

Climate policies ‘improve health’

Cutting emissions to mitigate climate change will make people healthier, according to research. Full story available news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8377268.stm

Published on December 3rd, 2009

First UK University has Solar Trackers Installed

Energi PLC is leading the way forward in being the first company to install Solar Trackers at a UK University. The Solar Trackers were installed at UCLan in September 2009. The devices will track the sun’s path over the course of the day and are 40% more efficient than standard solar panels and even gather [...]

Published on November 27th, 2009

Funding body tells universities to cut carbon quick

A new consultation on how the higher education sector can reduce its carbon footprint has been launched.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) has stated that universities should aspire to half their emissions by 2020, and 80% by 2050.
Universities will find steep carbon-reduction targets challenging because of an expansion in student numbers and demand [...]

Published on August 18th, 2009

UNIVERSITY EMBRACES GREEN TECHNOLOGY

The campus at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) is now one of the most energy efficient in the country thanks to an installation of solar panels.
Three of the university’s buildings have been equipped with 400 Sharp solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on their roofs, including the students union and library.
The modules, which have been installed by leading [...]

Published on July 17th, 2009

Energy efficient products could save UK £900m

The introduction of minimum energy efficiency standards combined with better energy labeling could save the U.K. £900m according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Defra has launched a new consultation looking into how best to implement the measures as part of a Europe-wide plan to reduce the energy consumption of household products.
The [...]

Published on June 23rd, 2009

Research shows 91% of UK households would consider installing solar power

91% of the UK population have considered or would consider buying solar photovoltaics to generate electricity at home according to a new survey by the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)
The survey of over 750 households, showed that 90% surveyed would consider, and over 23% definitely buy PV if the FIT was 50p per unit of [...]

Published on June 19th, 2009

UK economy urged to move towards sustainability

A shift to a low-carbon economy offers UK businesses their best hope of leading the world again, the chairman of the Environment Agency has said.
Speaking at the Royal Society of Arts, in London, Lord Smith said the climate crisis is the most serious and difficult challenge facing the country.
Lord Smith warned that the UK must [...]

Published on February 19th, 2009