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Good Energy rewards renewable heat generators

Posted by Cathy Debenham on 3rd February 2009 at 10:42 am

Solar thermal panels to heat your water just got more attractive with the launch of Good Energy's renewable heat incentive, or HotROC, contract. This means that customers who generate heat or hot water from renewable sources are paid for the energy they create. This is a first step towards putting t…

Posted in: Biomass, Combined heat & power, Solar heat & hot water


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Equal feed-in tariff for existing generation has heavyweight support

Posted by Cathy Debenham on 30th September 2009 at 10:10 am

Equal feed-in tariff for existing generation has heavyweight support

Support for equal feed-in rates for those who already have small solar PV, wind turbines or hydro came from diverse parts of the renewable energy sector at yesterday's RegenSW conference in Bristol. Sponsor Christine Griffiths of Aeolus Power got her passionate call in early in the day - to be me…

Posted in: General, Hydro electricity, Solar electricity, Wind turbines


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Feed-in tariff registration: why is it taking so long?

Posted by Cathy Debenham on 3rd September 2010 at 9:55 am

Feed-in tariff registration: why is it taking so long?

I've heard a number of complaints from people about how long it's taking to register their solar or wind installation for the feed-in tariff, so when I was talking to Ofgem about grants this week, I asked about that too. It appears that the delay is mostly in migrating installations that were reg…

Posted in: General


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How to buy renewable electricity

Posted by Cathy Debenham on 8th April 2010 at 10:18 am

How to buy renewable electricity

Until recently the electricity market was flooded with 'green' tariffs, usually for a premium price, with no clear indication of what made them 'green'. Were they just packaging up the renewable energy that they are obliged  to produce under the government’s Renewables Obligation and selling…

Posted in: General, Green Electricity


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