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Friends of the Earth demand more support for ‘Renewables’

calendar Thursday, December 10th, 2009 Tags: , ,
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As momentum continues to gather in support of Renewable Energy Technologies, Friends of the Earth are demanding more support. As pointed out by FoE, the current scheme still leaves plenty room for improvement: ‘the scheme the Government has proposed is poor. It will mean just 2% of the UK’s electricity comes from

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We Support Solar lobbies for increased Feed-In-Tariff

calendar Thursday, December 10th, 2009 Tags: ,
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Back on the 24 of November We Support Solar started their campaign to increase the Feed-In-Tariff by 10p. ‘Staff at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), in central London, today found two ten pence pieces on the pavement outside their main entrance. This was no ordinary

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Feed-In Tariff

calendar Saturday, October 31st, 2009 Posted in All News, Featured, Legislation, News | comments No Comments »

The government will be implementing a feed-in tariff in April 2010 that will pay for the electricity generated and exported by a photovoltaic system. The credit given for the electricity will be guaranteed at the same rate for 25 years. No matter what type of

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Our Solar PV module receives BBA MCS Product Certification

calendar Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in All News, Company News, Featured, Legislation, News, Press Releases, Technical | comments 1 Comment »

EnergyBox partners, MAP environmental, recently became the first company to receive a Photovoltaic Module Microgeneration Certification Mark through the British Board of Agrément (see also buildingtalk.com article 1 and article 2) for their TopSola module manufactured by Shanghai TopSolar Green Energy Co., Ltd. The Microgeneration Certification

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“Energy efficiency scheme will save cash and carbon”

calendar Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in All News, Featured, News | comments No Comments »

The final details of the Government’s scheme to save organisations money on fuel bills and to reduce carbon emissions have been unveiled today by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme is a new regulatory incentive to improve energy

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UK “could face blackouts by 2016″

calendar Saturday, October 24th, 2009 Posted in All News, Featured, News, Technical | comments No Comments »

A recently published article in the BBC news highlighted the uncertainty of the UK’s electricity supply by stating that the UK “could face blackouts by 2016″. Photovoltaic systems offer a dispersed generation solution to increasing demands upon the UK’s electricity grid. By generating electricity on site

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