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Thursday, 11 February 2016
by Jon Swain
Turkish growers go the extra mile
In southwest Turkey, temperatures have dropped to unusual lows of minus 2°C and that’s been causing headaches for greenhouse growers in the region. Growers in the areas of Fethiye, Karaculha and Camkoy have been spending their nights stocking wood burning stoves from 7pm to 8am the following Wednesday, 27 January 2016
by Jon Swain
RHI will stay unchanged for another year
Installers hoping to receive the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) for their new biomass, or other qualifying installations, will be comforted by a new announcement made by DECC on the medium term future of RHI. DECC have stated: “OFGEM will continue to run the RHI, under the current rules, during the Tuesday, 26 January 2016
by Jon Swain
Easy RHI compliance for non-wood fuels
Up to now, meeting the RHI sustainability requirements if you didn’t burn wood was difficult. However, after more than a year of discussion and proposals to DECC, we have secured their agreement to proceed with an alternative to the Biomass Suppliers List called the Sustainability Fuel Register ( Thursday, 07 January 2016
by Jon Swain
Are electric vehicles doomed?
There has been an interesting article written by Jamie Turner and Chris Brace, from the University of Bath, which argues that hybrid petro-electric vehicles and fully electric vehicles have no long-term, mainstream future. Friday, 11 December 2015
by Jon Swain
So... the dust settles after ESOS deadline
An update published yesterday, provides some insight into the compliance of firms required to complete ESOS notifications. Nearly 70% of the anticipated number of firms required to comply have made either a full compliance or an intent to comply notification. Thursday, 26 November 2015
by Jon Swain
Spending review is announced... RHI will continue
Yesterday’s spending review contained the Government’s financial plans for improved energy efficiency and renewable energy. Although some detail is missing about how the measures will be achieved, the following points were made: Friday, 20 November 2015
by Jon Swain
Did you know this about the RHI scheme?
Having spent a couple of days at the Wood Heat Association Conference in Bristol recently, I thought I would share a few interesting snippets about the RHI scheme. Wednesday, 30 September 2015
by Jon Swain
