Thursday, 07 December 2017
by Oli Coe
A different alternative to wasting your generated electricity
You’ve got a generating station - perhaps it’s renewable (such as wind or solar) or perhaps it’s a battery bank - but, you have a constrained network connection meaning you can’t always export everything that you generate. Tuesday, 05 December 2017
by Steven Leil
CCL Scheme members... will you reach your next target?
The end of December marks the half-way point of your CCL “Target Period 3”. We will be opening our online CCL data return on 01 January 2018 to allow operators the chance to submit 2017 energy and production data. Reporting in January 2018 isn’t compulsory, however, we encourage you to complete a 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, 21 November 2017
by Anonymous
PPA stands for Painful Purchase Agreement
Do you know… How much you are really paying your energy advisor/broker? What your contractual commitments are to your broker and energy supplier? It can be well worth checking. Tuesday, 14 November 2017
by Ed Hardy
Growers growing with a difference
On 7 November, GrowSave kicked off an exciting, new study group project, focusing on Next Generation Growing (NGG). The pilot programme aims to take NGG principles and techniques, which have been established in the Netherlands, and help a select group of UK growers implement them at their nurseries. Friday, 10 November 2017
by Andrew Morbey
Electricity generation from coal is decreasing
You may have read a number of news articles recently stating that electricity generation from coal is decreasing in the UK. It’s true… in the second quarter of 2017 (shown in the graph below as 2017 Q2) just 2.0% of electricity was generated from coal, the equivalent of 1.5TWh. Tuesday, 07 November 2017
by Elisa Evans
Three Anaerobic Digesters and a saw mill…
As part of our Energy Account Management (EAM) service, our engineers will visit customer’s sites. As the Account Manager for our portfolio of Anaerobic Digester (AD) clients, it is always good to get to meet my customers face to face after only really speaking to them either on the phone or via Thursday, 02 November 2017
by Steven Leil
Save up to 90% on Climate Change Levy tax
With the upcoming closure of the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (known as the CRC) in April 2019, almost every business will see a significant increase to their energy costs. As the government will lose revenue from one scheme, it was decided an increase in Climate Change Levy Thursday, 26 October 2017
by Jodie Hisgett
