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Ofgem has confirmed that all Feed in Tariff bands under 50kW will degress by 3.5% on 1st January 2015. The minimum automatic degression has been enacted after installations in the <50kW bands failed to trigger any automatic degressions. The Feed in Tariff rates for installations with an eligibility date on or after 1st January 2015… Continue reading Ofgem confirms 3.5% feed in tariff degressions in January 2015

Energy Secretary Ed Davey has officially opened the 389MW offshore Wind Farm located West of Duddon Sands which reached full power output more than two months early.  The Wind energy project developed by DONG Energy and Scottish Power Renewables in the Irish Sea is now fully operational and will generate enough electricity to meet the annual… Continue reading 389MW offshore Wind Farm officially opened by Ed Davey

The UK Green Investment Bank reports that is has helped over 200 communities by mobilising more than £5bn in green investment as it celebrates its two year anniversary. Since October 2013, UK Green Investment Bank has committed to investing £1.6bn of its own capital in 37 low carbon projects. Every £1 invested by UK GIB has… Continue reading Green Investment Bank passes 5bn

The new Solar Farm with include Composting toilets, biodiesel generators and a car sharing scheme for staff will all be features of a new 48MW Solar farm which developers say will set the ‘highest environmental standards ever for a ground-mounted solar installation’.  Solarcentury and Primrose Solar have teamed up to design and construct the solar… Continue reading Solarcentury to build UK’S most environmentally friendly solar farm

Wind energy production in the UK overtook Nuclear power following Hurricane Gonzalo, prompting a major energy production milestone this quarter.  Data from the Lorien Energy Index (LEI) – produced by Lorien Engineering Solutions – has revealed that energy prices fell by almost 7% between the first and second quarters of this year – overall 4%… Continue reading Hurricane helps wind sector overtake nuclear

Two of the UK’s biggest green trade associations, the Renewable Energy Association (REA) and the Solar Trade Association (STA), will end their formal affiliation in 2015, in order to “focus on their core strengths”.  The two bodies first forged a partnership in 2011 when the STA merged with the REA‘s Solar Power Group and relaunched… Continue reading Renewable energy association solar trade association part ways

A new version of the Renewable Energy Consumer Code (RECC) has been released. The new version of RECC comes into force as of October 2014.  The new version of the Renewable Energy Consumer Code has been released on the RECC website. New and existing MCS Installers must be compliant with the new version of RECC from… Continue reading New Renewable Energy Consumer Code released

The UK’s recent surge in Wind power output appears to be reflective of a global trend, with new reports suggesting that global wind turbine energy could supply up to 20% of the world’s electricity by 2030.  The analysis, unveiled today by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and Greenpeace International, indicates that Wind power capacity… Continue reading Wind power to hit 2000gw globally by 2030

On the 29th September 2014, the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive reached the milestone of 10,000 accredited RHI installations.  The biggest technologies under the RHI so far have been Air Source Heat Pumps and Biomass boilers. The map on the right hand side shows the spread of Renewable Heat installations all over the UK by technology. Installations replacing… Continue reading Renewable heat incentive reaches 10,000 installs

Almost 500 wind turbines spread across four offshore wind farms have received development consent from the Scottish Government, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing announced today.  The 485 farms, in the Forth and Tay region, could generate up to 2.3GW of electricity, enough to power 1.4 million homes and save 135 million tonnes of C02 over their… Continue reading Scotland approves 2.2gw new offshore wind capacity