Wednesday, 31 August 2016
by Jenny Beynon
The 1st October 2016 degression announcement
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy have just announced the tariffs that will apply to the Non Domestic RHI scheme from 1st October 2016. Biogas will have 25% degression for all sizes; the current forecast for biogas projects is more than 3 times over budget. Thursday, 25 August 2016
by Jodie Hisgett
Making a move
According to a recent report from the Competition and Markets Authority, customers are wasting a collective £1.7 billion a year by not switching their energy supplier. Tuesday, 02 August 2016
by Jenny Beynon
Smart Use of Carbon Dioxide
On the 28th September GrowSave is organising a workshop where industry experts that will answer these two key questions: How do you use CO2 effectively and reduce waste? What alternatives are there to the traditional "back of boiler" CO2? Friday, 29 July 2016
by Frances Christodoulou
Abrupt legislation change puts renewable energy projects at risk
On the 1st August 2016, an unexpected RHI regulation amendment will come into force, which will significantly cut support for Biomass CHP projects - biomass boilers that provide heat to steam or Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbines to generate electricity. Thursday, 28 July 2016
by Ed Hardy
Journey to the centre of the earth
Geothermal energy, although most effective in regions of volcanic activity where underground temperatures are highest, is an available energy source all around the globe. Whilst the Netherlands (hopefully!) may not be about to erupt, a group of Dutch growers has invested in geothermal energy to Thursday, 21 July 2016
by Jodie Hisgett
Gas wholesale at 12 month high following Centrica closure
Centrica, who have 70% of the UK’s gas storage, have made the difficult decision to close their storage facility until the spring. This has caused the price for gas to increase by 10%, pushing it to its highest for a year. Over the past 18 months, the facility has experienced ongoing problems which Wednesday, 06 July 2016
by Andrew Kneeshaw
Make savings to offset higher energy prices
Electricity prices took off last week and at this rate, we’ll soon be looking at them returning to levels seen 12 months ago. If you are going to cut costs, you’re going to have to look closely at something other than cheaper tariffs. Tuesday, 05 July 2016
Thursday, 23 June 2016
by Elisa Evans
All about ROCs
Recently Oli and I took a trip to London to see Ofgem for a Fuelling and Sustainability workshop. The workshop was all about the Renewable Obligations Certificate (ROC) Scheme, of which my knowledge has so far been limited to solar technology. Friday, 03 June 2016
by Elisa Evans
