Thursday, 25 May 2017
by Jenny Beynon
Making friends over the handle bars
An intrepid group of FEC Energy staff set off from Amsterdam today, to cycle 300km across the Netherlands, as part of an event organised by one of our close trading partners. Wednesday, 10 May 2017
by Thomas Wilkins
Medium biomass RHI degressions highly likely
BEIS has confirmed that the RHI regulatory reforms were not laid before Parliament and that the scheme will continue in its current form for now. This means that the 1st July 2017 degression assessment will be based on the January 2017 budget figures. Friday, 05 May 2017
by Thomas Wilkins
Continuous electrical supply from renewable technologies
One of the biggest problems with electrical renewable energy generation is the fluctuations in power that can be produced. Solar panels only really produce any meaningful power during the day, when it is sunny, and wind turbines only when the wind is blowing within the set wind-speed parameters. Wednesday, 03 May 2017
by Ed Hardy
Opportunities for renewable heating
AHDB GrowSave is inviting growers to an event to hear more about the current opportunities for converting to renewable heating systems in protected cropping, or adding to and expanding their existing renewable systems. Thursday, 27 April 2017
by Andrew Morbey
Thrown in at the deep end
I recently started as a Graduate Engineer at FEC Energy and I have been quickly learning the ropes. As a baptism of fire, Tim Pratt took me with him on his trip to Kent earlier this month and it was a great, if steep, learning curve. Tuesday, 25 April 2017
by Tay Bishop
RHI Reforms - emergency legislation
We have received an update on the reforms from Renewable Energy Association in light of the general election announcement. Friday, 31 March 2017
by Tay Bishop
RHI reforms - parliamentary process delayed
The Renewable Energy Association has just announced that the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive regulatory reforms have been withdrawn from parliament due to technical issues. The reforms are expected to be re-laid before parliament as soon as possible, after the Easter recess. Parliamentary Tuesday, 28 March 2017
by Tay Bishop
RHI reforms - our answers to FAQs
The recent RHI degression announcement has thrown yet more uncertainty on the future on the RHI scheme. While the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) continue to keep business as usual, there are many questions erupting as to what, when and how the RHI reforms will happen Thursday, 23 March 2017
by Jon Swain
Are you getting the most from your biomass boilers?
Edward Backhouse of C.S. Backhouse Ltd, growers of potatoes and arable crops (including oil seed rape and wheat) in Yorkshire, had two 500kW straw burning biomass boilers installed at two sites in order to provide grain drying as well as heating for the farm buildings, including the farmhouse. Wednesday, 15 March 2017
by Tay Bishop
