Wednesday, 31 January 2018
by Jon Swain
UK wood pellet supply – shortage of fibre leads to restricted supplies and price hikes
If you own a wood pellet boiler, you are likely to have run into problems finding an adequate supply of wood pellets at a decent price this winter. The reason for this is that the unseasonably warm winter across Europe has restricted timber harvesting. This has had a knock-on effect, causing the Tuesday, 30 January 2018
by Oli Coe
RHI eligible heat use consultation… a lobbying success
In response to Renewable Heat Incentives (RHI) Consultation, the Government has decided NOT to remove all drying practices as eligible heat uses. Although it will be tightening up the rules of the RHI scheme and drying wood for fuel as well as drying waste WILL be removed. Thursday, 25 January 2018
by Anonymous
Hope fades for the TRIAD rescue plan
We have previously written about the legal challenge raised to try and stop the loss of TRIAD income to embedded generators. Well, the first results have just come out … Thursday, 04 January 2018
by Jenny Beynon
2017 the UK’s greenest year for electricity… ever
National Grid figures recently revealed that 2017 was the ‘greenest year ever’ in terms of electricity generation in the UK. The move towards renewables, with record outputs for solar, wind and hydropower, caused record low levels of carbon pollution. Tuesday, 02 January 2018
by Jenny Beynon
The UK’s only Renewable Energy Event for the Agricultural Sector RETURNS!
The Energy Now Expo will be returning to Telford, Shropshire, on 7 and 8 February 2018 for its ninth year, and farmers and landowners across the UK are being urged to save the date. Thursday, 14 December 2017
by Jon Swain
GrowSave goes to Scotland
It was a close-run thing… heavy snowfall on Sunday night in the Midlands nearly prevented the delivery of the latest GrowSave* event in St Andrews, Scotland. Fortunately, however, the roads cleared in time and all the speakers made it for Tuesday’s event. Friday, 01 December 2017
by Tay Bishop
No degression for January 2018
As widely expected, the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced this morning that there will not be any RHI degression for any of the eligible technologies coming into effect on 01 January 2018. Therefore the current tariffs will be applicable until 31 March 2018. Tuesday, 28 November 2017
by Ed Hardy
Looking after your biomass boiler
The latest GrowSave* event focused on how operators of biomass boilers can ensure they are getting the most out of their equipment. Many growers and businesses have installed biomass boilers in recent years, taking advantage of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme. Tuesday, 31 October 2017
by Jon Swain
Government launches two new grant schemes for rural business
Two new grant funds were launched yesterday from the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE), seeking to help support agricultural and rural business under the Countryside Productivity scheme. Thursday, 12 October 2017
by Jon Swain
