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The establishment of the first Green Investment Bank (GIB) may have moved a step closer today as business secretary Vince Cable published the criteria for deciding where the Bank will be based and what the Bank’s first priorities will be until 2016.
Weee connect, a WEEE industry partnership, has put forward over £53,000 to fund the production of a 30-second advert designed to raise householder awareness of the need to recycle waste electronics. The advert will be aired for the first time on 26 December 2011 and will be shown on TV stations including: Really, Yesterday, Blighty and Home. It will be viewed by approximately 34.8 million adults over a four week period and it is expected to have a significant and positive impact on householders’ attitudes towards WEEE recycling simply by making them more aware of what they can do to recycle old items.
Domestic voltage optimisation will be explained at a free-to-attend Continuing Professional/Personal Development (CPD) course on Tuesday 6 December 2011 at The Eastpoint Centre, Southampton, by Geoff Clifton of VO4HOME.
Crompton Solar has launched the latest in its fully-tested plug and play range designed to make Solar PV installation easier and more time efficient. Recent trials showed a 2-3 hour installation time saving when using the Combi-Complete. The pre-mounted units are robust, light weight, high yield grid connecting controls complete with:
A four-year government-funded programme that aims to develop new technologies to help meet the needs of the UK’s future power systems will kick-off with investment of £2.4m in feasibility studies that will stimulate innovation in automated power distribution and demand management.
Proposals to better protect small businesses from energy companies could be undermined because of the lack of a dedicated watchdog, the Forum of Private Business has warned. Following its research showing 94% of small businesses surveyed have seen energy bills rise over the past year – the biggest cost increases they have experienced - the Forum is welcoming Ofgem’s proposals to reform the energy market
It could be said wind energy is currently better developed and more commercially viable than other renewable energy sources and is spearheading Britain’s efforts to generate its electricity from renewable sources. The UK, a recognised world leader in offshore wind power generation, is building more offshore wind farms than any other country, accounts for almost all of the turbines erected in European waters this year and is attracting new business from around the world in a difficult economic climate.
To meet increased demand for green energy from solar panel and wind turbine generators, a Scarborough firm has designed a microprocessor-based control panel for monitoring power transfer to the national grid. Control & Power Systems (CPS), a manufacturer of power control panels, has designed the new system to provide G59/2 protection, which is a legal requirement for those involved in providing more than 16 amps of solar or wind power. This recent statutory obligation requires those involved in supplying power to the grid to monitor production and to automatically turn-off the flow of power in the event of certain abnormal grid conditions.
Even the early autumn sunshine fails to please our grumpy old man. Instead he takes a pot shot at solar power companies that don’t tell us about the key factor in getting payback Time I think, as our unfeasibly warm early autumn has taken on its more familiar chill, to discuss the Great British fascination with weather. Specifically I want to address the thorny topic of solar power.
