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ofgem have release a series of factsheets on the Renewable Heat Incentive for both consumers and installers. The guides are available on the following links and provide useful guidance on the different areas of the RHI. Essential guide for Domestic RHI applicants Essential guide for Domestic RHI installers Essential guide to metering for the Domestic… Continue reading RHI guidance available from ofgem

The government is to make significant changes to its financial support for solar farms, in a move condemned by green activists and renewable power companies as likely to reduce the UK’s ability to generate low-carbon power and green jobs, and to increase dependency on imports of fossil fuels. DECC insisted the changes were necessary in order… Continue reading Solar farms to lose financial support

Fourteen solar panel companies are entitled to compensation from the government over cuts in subsidies for solar electricity, a High Court judge has ruled. The firms are seeking more than £130m in damages from the UK government over changes to feed in tariffs in 2011. The government plans to appeal against Mr Justice Coulson’s decision. The judge… Continue reading Solar panel firms win High Court compensation ruling

Ofgem has fined energy supplier Npower £125,000 for wrongly reporting data in 2010 to 2012 related to two government renewable energy support schemes. Under the government’s Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme, energy companies have to source a proportion of electricity from renewable energy sources. Under a separate scheme called the Feed in Tariffs, energy companies have… Continue reading Npower fined for under reporting feed in tariffs

DECC have launched a new Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) calculator for consumers. Try the calculator here https://renewable-heat-calculator.service.gov.uk/  To become an MCS Installer, and offer the Renewable Heat Incentive or Feed in Tariffs, speak to Easy MCS on Freephone 0800 612 43 42 or email [email protected] or apply online if you are already registered with Easy MCS, then contact your mentor with any queries.

The latest analysis from RenewableUK shows that the total number of wind turbines increased by 13 per cent, to 29,353 at the end of 2013, and currently is expected to have exceeded 30,000. According to RenewableUK, onshore wind turbines are the cheapest form of renewable energy the UK has. In the latest wave of DECC’s… Continue reading Number of wind turbines reaches 30,000

One of Britain’s leading green energy companies Ecotricity has acquired small wind turbine firm Evance out of administration – ensuring vital expertise is retained and green technology comes to market in the next 12 months. Evance have an innovative new windmill design 90% of the way through development and nearing the production stage, following the… Continue reading Ecotricity buys evance out of administration

Proposals to maintain the growing momentum behind renewable electricity investment in the UK, while continuing to deliver value for money for consumers, have been unveiled by DECC. Since 2010 the UK’s renewable electricity capacity has doubled; in the same period, over £34 billion of private sector investment has been announced, with the potential to support… Continue reading DECC consults on growing momentum for renewable electricity

NAPIT Certification has reported that it has seen a “significant increase” in applications to the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) throughout April. NAPIT credits the rise in interest in MCS Accreditation in part to the launch of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). In order to claim support under the domestic RHI, all equipment installed needs… Continue reading NAPIT report increase in MCS applications