RWE npower has received the prestigious Carbon Trust Standard (CTS) certificate for significantly reducing the amount of rubbish it sends to landfills each year.

Dubai Investments' latest product “could be set to revolutionise glass across the globe” Dubai Investments PJSC (DI) have announced the announced the launch of its new coloured solar glass.

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EBITDA and underlying net income below prior-year figures Renewables and distributed-energy solutions expanded

According to that hierarchy, preventing (REDUCING) waste arising in the first place is the ideal, and LANDFILL should be the last resort for managing the waste.

Island of Pellworm points the way to the energy supply system of the future On the North Sea island of Pellworm, state-of-the-art technologies have been deployed that exemplify the transformation of Germany’s energy system. Today northern Germany’s first smart local energy system was officially inaugurated by Schleswig-Holstein Premier Torsten Albig, E.ON SE Board of Management member Leonhard Birnbaum, and Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG Board of Management member Matthias Boxberger. The system serves as a platform for testing and refining the local storage of renewable-source electricity and the operation of a smart grid.

E.ON today started construction of its operations and maintenance building on the North Sea island of Helgoland. E.ON will use Helgoland as an offshore operations base for its Amrumbank West offshore wind farm. The 1,800 square metre building will provide space for offices, changing rooms and storage. Up to 50 staff working in shifts will support the operation of the Amrumbank West wind farm by boat and helicopter. The inauguration of the building is scheduled for August 2014.

Government planning guidance on fracking, due to be published later this week, must protect communities and play its part in meeting UK climate targets, Friends of the Earth warned today. The environment charity also said the guidance must be subject to public consultation - as is normally the case for planning guidance.

The retailer joins businesses such as Co-op and B&Q, key scientists, 200 MPs from all parties, and tens of thousands of the British public asking for action on the issue.

Reducing VAT to 5 per cent on energy efficiency improvement work would help more households than Green Deal finance can, said the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to the latest statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

Hi All, Does anyone know how often we need to replace the antifreeze liquid in our ground source heat loops, also does it all need to be replaced or can it be topped up by adding some new and replacing some old. I am getting mine serviced and the engineer said they will test the antifreeze and replace if necessary at 150 litres in the system this could work out to be quite expensive, does any one have any experience of this. Thanks

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Ground source or air souce? Acheiving band D with the EPC to get higher pv cell feed in tarriff and ground source grant.

My sons are trying to resuscitate an old Proven 15KW!

Does anybody have any info I could research, on the net, for the above application?

Novawind Turbine - Novawind Turbine 6 'not fit for purpose' RLE Novawind have known about the issues with our turbine for 3 1/2 years!

RLE Novawind withdrew their MCS application for Novawind 6 - so why are they referring to it on their website blurb for Novawind 12???

Safety Issues with Novawind 6

Issues with Nova Wind 6 kw

PROBLEM WITH SPRINGS

Considering what lights to get on my Bike.

I am looking at thermal mass, and wondered if anyone has successfully used phase change materials?

They are often still full (ish) but out of propellant.

Ecotricity announces new reduced rate of FiT for early adopters of wind power.

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A useful new article from Home Power Magazine

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Maintenance servicing in the north of England

Hugh Piggott at Scorag produces an excellent blog. In particular, his most recent post on the folly of small wind turbines in cities ... link to remote site http://scoraigwind.co.uk

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