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Government announces new solar pv tariffs

The latest changes to the Feed-in Tariff scheme for solar pv, now effective from 1 August, have been unveiled by the Government, following consultation with industry and consumers.

28 May 2012

Business Edge and European Energy Centre partner to offer energy efficiency training

Business Edge has joined forces with the European Energy Centre (EEC) to launch a series of courses designed to bring professionals up to date with the latest advances in energy efficient refrigeration, air conditioning, heat pumps and renewable energy.

28 May 2012

Boiler still going strong after 39 years

A WEC Firefly HD boiler, believed to be one of the oldest domestic boilers still operating in the UK, has been discovered by a homeowner in Oswestry, Shropshire.

24 May 2012

OFTEC launches full scope Part P scheme

The Oil Firing Technical Association (OFTEC) has introduced a full scope Part P scheme to allow existing registrants to self certify fixed low or extra-low voltage electrical installations.

24 May 2012

Swegon opens Chinese subsidiary

Swegon, the Swedish manufacturer of ventilation and indoor climate solutions, has launched a subsidiary in China.

24 May 2012

RDM expands senior sales team

HVACR controls firm Resource Data Management (RDM) is expanding and restructuring its senior sales management team to support its strategic growth plans.

23 May 2012

SBS and PPL Training link up to offer Green Deal courses

Sustainable Business Solutions (SBS), part of the Travis Perkins Group, and PPL Training, have announced that the first set of City & Guilds accredited courses in Green Deal Domestic Energy Assessing (Advice) are now available.

23 May 2012

Industry chiefs urge Government to stick to RHI commitment

Four senior heating industry figures have sent a letter to Greg Barker, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, requesting an urgent meeting to discuss the inclusion of air to water heat pumps in the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).

23 May 2012

Grafton Group calls for clear strategy on FiTs

Grafton Group says it welcomes the Government's decision to delay the Feed-in Tariff cuts that were due to take effect from the start of July but is calling for a clear strategy going forward.

22 May 2012

Kingspan appoints training manager

Kingspan Renewables has appointed Darren Till as training manager.

22 May 2012

New category director for piping systems at BSS Industrial

Chris Ricketts has joined BSS Industrial as its new category director for piping systems.

22 May 2012

KGC launches RHI heat meter database

Kiwa Gastec at CRE (KGC) has launched what it says is the first publicly available database listing heat meters and components that are deemed to be compliant with Ofgem's requirements under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).

22 May 2012

Davey unveils draft energy bill

The Government's draft energy bill announced today (22 May) by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) includes proposals for a radical reform of the electricity market and is designed to establish a legislative framework for delivering secure, affordable and low carbon energy.

22 May 2012

GAIN urges people to take up grants before deadline

Warm Front grants are not being taken up quickly enough and there is a danger of losing some of the £50M budget, according to the Grant Aided Heating Installers' Network (GAIN).

21 May 2012

MITIE posts strong results

MITIE Group has reported a 5.9% increase in revenue to £2,002.5m, 5.4% of which is organic, in its results for the year ending 31 March 2012.

21 May 2012

TMVA welcomes new publications

The Thermostatic Mixing Valve Manufacturers' Association (TMVA), part of BEAMA, has welcomed the publication of two reports following on from the tragic infant deaths at neonatal units in Belfast in December 2011 and January this year.

21 May 2012

Hilti completes purchase of Eurofox

Construction products manufacturer Hilti has acquired Eurofox, the Austrian facade technology design and manufacturing business.

21 May 2012

REF claims climate change policies will make 65% of UK households worse off

Renewable Energy Forum (REF) is claiming that the public has been "seriously misled" by the Government about the likely impact of climate policies on energy bills, following a new assessment of the Department of Energy & Climate Change's (DECC) proposed energy efficiency measures.

21 May 2012

Builder fined after CO death

Builder John Martin Riva has been fined £15,000 at Haddington Sheriff Court near Edinburgh after pleading guilty to a contravention of Sections 3 and 33 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

18 May 2012

Whitehall set to delay FiT cuts

The Government is delaying proposed Feed-in Tariff cuts that were due to take effect from the start of July.

18 May 2012

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Government announces new solar pv tariffs

Business Edge and European Energy Centre partner to offer energy efficiency training

Boiler still going strong after 39 years

OFTEC launches full scope Part P scheme

Swegon opens Chinese subsidiary

RDM expands senior sales team

SBS and PPL Training link up to offer Green Deal courses

Industry chiefs urge Government to stick to RHI commitment

Grafton Group calls for clear strategy on FiTs

Kingspan appoints training manager

New category director for piping systems at BSS Industrial

KGC launches RHI heat meter database

Davey unveils draft energy bill

GAIN urges people to take up grants before deadline

MITIE posts strong results

TMVA welcomes new publications

Hilti completes purchase of Eurofox

REF claims climate change policies will make 65% of UK households worse off

Builder fined after CO death

Whitehall set to delay FiT cuts

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