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Wood fuel supply website launched
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 3rd July 2009 at 9:32 am
Finding a wood fuel supplier just got easier – as long as you live in the south west of England – with the launch of the South West Woodshed website. Aimed at both the domestic and the business market it has information about the different types of wood fuel available, and a search function to h…
Posted in: Biomass
Is wood fuel sustainable?
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 10th July 2009 at 10:40 am
Biomass sounds like a great idea, but I've always had a bit of a nagging question at the back of my head about whether it would be possible or sustainable if we all suddenly converted to wood fuelled heating. Haven't we, over the years, been denuding Britain of trees to such an extent that we can’…
Posted in: Biomass
Is your wood fuel up to standard?
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 24th July 2009 at 10:03 am
A log's a log isn't it? Well, not if you want it to burn well it isn't. As with all woodfuel, the efficiency with which it burns depends greatly on its moisture content. For logs to burn efficiently in a boiler the moisture should be at or below 25%. That’s not all. They should also be seasoned, a…
Posted in: Biomass
Equal feed-in tariff for existing generation has heavyweight support
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 30th September 2009 at 10:10 am
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
YouGen Energy Expert wins installer of the year
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 23rd November 2009 at 9:13 am
Congratulations to everyone at SunGift Solar which has won Installer of the Year in RegenSW's Green Energy Awards. Company founder Gabriel Wandrausch is one of YouGen's volunteer Energy Experts, contributing articles on solar hot water to the YouGen blog. SunGift Solar, which started as a solar t…
Posted in: General, Solar electricity, Solar heat & hot water
Renewable Heat Incentive: join the campaign for equal treatment for existing generators
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 29th March 2010 at 10:19 am
More and more people are calling for the renewable heat incentive (also known as the Clean Energy Cashback) to treat existing microgenerators equally. At RegenSW's consultation conference in Bristol earlier this month property developers and installers were flagging it up as important for the scheme…
Posted in: General, Biomass, Heat pumps, Solar heat & hot water
Feed-in tariff review: an update
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 22nd February 2011 at 1:44 pm
Concern that large-scale solar is set to take a significant quantity of the set amount of funding is the main driver of the feed-in tariff review, according to RegenSW chief executive Merlin Hyman, who recently met Greg Barker MP, the minister responsible for feed-in tariffs at DECC. Barker is de…
Posted in: General
Time to stand up for renewables
Posted by Merlin Hyman on 16th February 2012 at 9:14 am
The recent anti-wind letter from MPs and some of the coverage of the rapid cuts in the feed-in tariff are evidence of an unholy alliance of right wing tories and the elements of the press targeting renewable energy. Blaming energy bill price rises on renewable energy subsidies also provides a us…
Posted in: General
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