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The Proposed Changes From The UK's DECC Include Restricting ROCs
May 26, 2014The outcome of proposals for 215 ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farms in the UK, with capacities in excess of 5MW, are now being re-evaluated, according to Solarbuzz. This re-evaluation follows new, and unexpected, proposals from ...
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The BRE NSC Has Carried out a Comprehensive Survey of Jobs in The Solar Sector in 2013
Apr 10, 2014The BRE National Solar Centre (NSC) has carried out a comprehensive survey of jobs in the solar sector in 2013, detailing both staffing numbers and site installation activities. Commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change ...
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DECC Has Set The Goal of Installing 53 Million Smart Meters in 30 Million Homes
Mar 24, 2014The United Kingdom's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has set the goal of installing 53 million smart meters in 30 million homes over the next eight years. The department claims the national roll out will save the country ...
Tags: Smart Meters, Instruments, Meters
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Aspiring Communities Across The Nation Will Be Able to Receive FITs Payments
Jul 11, 2013Aspiring communities across the nation will be able to receive Feed-in Tariff (FITs) payments for the clean green energy generated by larger community energy projects, under new plans set out by the Department of Energy and Climate Change ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, solar PV
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Jenni Staves Reviews The Current Climate on Carbon and Sustainability
Mar 13, 2013Jenni Staves, Environmental Manager at British Glass, reviews the current Climate on Carbon and Sustainability. Originally I set out to write an overview of the current consultation on structural changes to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme ...
Tags: Jenni Staves, British Glass, Glass Sector
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An Array of New LED Streetlights Is to Be Installed in The Northamptonshire
Feb 5, 2013An array of new LED streetlights is to be installed in the Northamptonshire town of Towcester, it has been announced. Northamptonshire County Council will begin work in October this year that will see brand new facilities put in place ...
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Reduce Fuel Poverty, Energy Efficiency and Encourage Collective Switch
Jan 22, 2013A total of 132 projects have been awarded a share of £46 million from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to help reduce fuel poverty, energy efficiency and encourage collective switching. This funding is set to be ...
Tags: ceiling spotlights, LED lights, energy
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Members Have Had a Problem Getting Their Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Paid
Dec 27, 2012More than a third (36%) of Which? members who get paid for the electricity they generate from solar panels told us they have had a problem getting their feed-in tariff (FIT) paid, an exclusive Which? survey has revealed. Energy companies ...
Tags: solar panel, electricity, solar, feed in tariff
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China Sunergy Has Completed The Transactions to Procure Its First Two Solar Park Projects
Dec 10, 2012China 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 ...
Tags: Solar Installation News, solar Industry News, solar cell and module
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CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Does Not Help Datacentres Become More Efficient
Oct 26, 2012The 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 ...
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Domestic Lighting Will Not Be Included in The Scope of Flagship Energy Efficiency Scheme
Sep 12, 2012The 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 ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Department of Energy and Climate Change DECC
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EEPB Launches to Create a Network of Potential Green Deal Providers, Financiers, Product
May 15, 2012The 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 ...
Tags: Energy, LED, Market, Efficiency
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An Extra 13.5 Million Euros in Funding Has Been Announced for The Green Deal
Mar 13, 2012An 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 ...
Tags: Green Deal, energy, DECC, UK