Growers could use their glasshouses to generate electricity through the use of solar glass. Translucent solar panels have been developed by Soliculture, an American start-up company, specifically for the greenhouse sector.
We are finally seeing what is thought to be the ‘end result’ from OFGEM’s review of TRIAD income for embedded generators and it doesn’t look very good.
Do you generate energy and wonder if you are getting the best price for it? The answer is most likely to be ‘no’ if you are selling via a simple Power Purchase Agreement; especially if you just opted to go with your existing import supply provider without shopping around.
In Belgium and the Netherlands horticulture is big business and the facilities tend to be more high-tech than their UK counterparts.
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) has been recently developed to help reduce the levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) entering the atmosphere, where it contributes towards the greenhouse effect and climate change.
As a result of greater scrutiny from environmental non-governmental organisations, it has become a necessity for the bioenergy industry to demonstrate that biomass fuel is obtained from sustainable and legal sources and does not have a harmful environmental impact.
When temperatures took a plunge recently, we could safely say that it’s definitely Triad season. The National Grid uses Triads to incentivise electricity generators to give back to the grid during peak usage times.
We will be at Energy Now Expo on the 8th and 9th February 2017, at Telford International Centre. Come and see us on the NFU Energy Service stand number 105.
Why would you want to go somewhere hot and sunny for your summer holidays? When you could take in the delights of a Scandinavian country, such as Iceland, which is what I did recently.
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.
