The world of green home improvements has become more difficult to navigate in the last few years. You only need to type ‘Solar PV’ into Google to get thousands of sales pitches proclaiming how much you could save; an indication of the trouble that the solar industry...
South west renewable energy doubles creating thousands of new jobs
Apparently renewable energy has more than doubled in the past year in south west England, creating thousands of new jobs, according to the Renewable Energy Progress Report by independent experts Regen SW. Renewable electricity capacity over the year was up 308MW by...
Roofers rise to the occasion to win outstanding NFRC awards
Despite the hard times affecting us all, the roofing industry has risen above it all and come up with some outstanding demonstrations of their skills and expertise. Organised by the National Federation of Roofing Contractors, this years awards showed excellence in 12...
Government’s new ‘transparent’ Feed-In Tariff scheme effects domestic solar arrangements
Plans to make the Feed-In Tariff scheme ‘more transparent’ and more predictable for the future, were announced today by the government. At the heart of the new initiative are said to be ‘transparency, longevity and certainty.’ Reforms to the scheme were said to...
NHIC says Feed-in Tariffs reduction is a major Government embarrassment!
Today’s report on the reduction of solar panel Feed-in Tariffs by the Energy & Climate Change Committee chaired by Tim Yeo, MP, focuses on a major embarrassment for the Government? Yeo says: “There is no question that solar subsidies need to be urgently reduced...