Solar Feed-in-Tariffs (FIT) help make renewable energy more affordable
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The feed-in tariff system is designed as an incentive for energy producers to move away from conventional fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Essentially, it is government legislation which guarantees a fixed, premium rate for renewable electricity fed into the national grid. The power companies are obliged by the government legislation to buy the renewable [...]
UK Government Clean Energy Cashback Scheme
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The clean energy cash back system is designed as an incentive for energy producers to move away from conventional fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Essentially, it is government legislation which guarantees a fixed, premium rate for renewable electricity fed into the national grid. The power companies are obliged by the government legislation to buy [...]
Solar Roof Tiles installed for Property Developer Mark Oliver Homes in Liversedge
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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 visually [...]
Britain To Shift To Smart Grid, Meter Systems
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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 usage, and smart grids, which give real-time [...]
Prince Albert of Thurn and Taxis faces revolt over solar farm on estate
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Prince Albert of Thurn and Taxis, hailed this year as the world’s youngest dollar billionaire, has ambitions to be the modern version of the Sun King: he is investing €115 million (£105 million) to transform his sprawling Bavarian estate into a vast solar farm.
But the locals are in revolt — they do not see why [...]
Cutting emissions to mitigate climate change will make people healthier, according to research.
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A special series of articles, published in medical journal, the Lancet, outlines how such policies could have a direct impact on global health.
The series has been released ahead of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen.
World Health Organization (WHO) director, Margaret Chan, said health protection should be a criterion by which mitigation measures were judged.
Dr Chan [...]
Small-scale green energy schemes could generate more electricity than two nuclear power stations
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Small-scale renewable electricity schemes could generate more than twice the output of Sizewell B nuclear power station by 2020 if Ministers improve the proposed Clean Energy Cash-back scheme (or feed-in tariff), due to be launched in April next year, according to figures released today.
The environmental campaign group used figures obtained from the Government to show [...]
First UK University (UClan) has Solar Trackers Installed
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Energi Investments 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 [...]
Government urged to introduce local carbon budgets
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The Government should introduce local carbon budgets to help ensure that councils play their part in tackling climate change, Friends of the Earth said today. The call coincides with today’s speech by Local Government Secretary John Denham which urges local councils to “lead the way” in helping Britain meet its climate change commitments to drive [...]
Solar Panels Could Provide UK Electricity Needs
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The head of the newly formed New and Renewable Energy Centre (Narec), Tim Bruton, has made the claim that if every south facing home in the UK was fitted with solar panels, they would generate enough electricity to meet the country’s energy needs.
Speaking ahead of Solar Flair 2009, a conference to be held in Northumberland [...]