DECC has decided to reduce support for solar power under the Renewables Obligation from 2 ROCs today to 1.6 ROCs from April 2013 – a reduction of 20%. This is higher than the level of 1.5 ROCs which was initially proposed. The STA ...
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Weekly PV Highlights: The initial installation numbers for the week ending 25th November 2012 show 1,130 installations in that week compared to 1,190 for the week ending 18th November 2012. The total number of installations on the MCS ...
Weekly PV Highlights: The initial installation numbers for the week ending 11th November 2012 show 835 installations in that week compared to 3,098 for the week ending 4th November 2012. The total number of installations on the MCS is ...
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China Sunergy Co., a specialized solar cell and module manufacturer, today announced that it has completed the transactions to procure its first two solar park projects in Cornwall. The two solar parks with a size of about 5 MW each are ...
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Gas and coal-fired power generated using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology could produce energy at a comparable cost to other low-carbon generation sources by the early 2020s, a government task force said Wednesday, The CCS cost ...
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The government has published details of its long-awaited Energy Bill, which is designed to keep lights on while driving emissions down. This will allow energy firms to charge households an extra £7.6 billion until 2020, with the ...
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The UK government's Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme does not help datacentres become more efficient, according to Adriaan Oosthoek (pictured), vice-president of not-for-profit industry association Data Centre ...
The government has announced that domestic lighting will not be included in the scope of its flagship energy efficiency scheme, the Green Deal. The announcement came as the Department of Energy and Climate Change DECC published a ...
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The Government has asked the public about smart meters, and found that it is generally positive, but needs help in understanding the subject. For example, the survey indicates that half of energy bill-payers living in Great Britain had ...
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A US-based gas and chemical group is to create what it calls the world’s largest energy-from-waste facility on Teesside. Air Products, which has its headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is to commence work on building the plant in ...
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The Department for Energy and Climate Change has agreed to make a £7 million loan to the Green Deal Finance Company (TGFDC) so the organisation can provide low cost finance in early 2013. Green Deal providers will be able to access ...
Climate change minister Greg Barker The Department for Energy and Climate Change has agreed to make a 7 million Euros loan to the Green Deal Finance Company(TGFDC)so the organisation can provide low cost finance in early 2013. ...
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The UK could reduce its energy demand by as much as 40 per cent by the year 2030, according to one government-sponsored thinktank - but not under current energy reforms. According to a draft report published this week by McKinsey and Co ...
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The EEPB has already been asked by DECC to continue facilitating and coordinating the four Green Deal advisory forums A new not-for-profit organisation, the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Buildings (EEPB), is launching to create a ...
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An extra 13.5 million Euros in funding has been announced for the Green Deal ahead of its launch in the autumn. The government's flagship energy efficiency scheme is to receive 3.5million Euros for the purpose of training hundreds ...
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