Wednesday, 27 January 2016
by Jon Swain
RHI will stay unchanged for another year
Installers hoping to receive the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) for their new biomass, or other qualifying installations, will be comforted by a new announcement made by DECC on the medium term future of RHI. DECC have stated: “OFGEM will continue to run the RHI, under the current rules, during the Tuesday, 26 January 2016
by Jon Swain
Easy RHI compliance for non-wood fuels
Up to now, meeting the RHI sustainability requirements if you didn’t burn wood was difficult. However, after more than a year of discussion and proposals to DECC, we have secured their agreement to proceed with an alternative to the Biomass Suppliers List called the Sustainability Fuel Register ( Monday, 25 January 2016
by Jenny Beynon
Renewable energy storage in the UK
Western Power Distribution has committed to investigate the technical and commercial feasibility of battery energy storage within distributed generation installations in the UK. As a result, they have commissioned Renewable Energy Systems (RES) to build and support its first major UK battery energy Tuesday, 19 January 2016
by Oli Coe
Waste not, want not
Recently, satellite data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has estimated that approximately 3.5% of the world’s natural gas supply is wasted by flaring. Flaring is used in gas and oil fields where it is not economically justifiable to capture and use it, for example Friday, 15 January 2016
by Max Knowles
Winter is here
Following an unseasonably warm December, we might be forgiven for forgetting that winter isn’t just an ‘end of year’ season, it’s with us right the way through ‘til February. Thursday, 07 January 2016
by Jon Swain
Are electric vehicles doomed?
There has been an interesting article written by Jamie Turner and Chris Brace, from the University of Bath, which argues that hybrid petro-electric vehicles and fully electric vehicles have no long-term, mainstream future. Wednesday, 30 December 2015
by Jenny Beynon
Well that's cheesy!
A new power plant has recently opened in the French Alps and, rather unusually, it is powered by cheese. Using a by-product of Beaufort cheese, the plant will produce 2.8 million kilowatt hours of energy per year. Thursday, 24 December 2015
by Jenny Beynon
Enjoy a happy low energy Christmas
Christmas is an expensive time for everyone, but the rise in energy bills can affect your workplace too. In fact, the Carbon Trust has estimated that, on the whole, businesses lose around £9million over the Christmas holidays! Tuesday, 22 December 2015
by Jenny Beynon
How is the ISS powered?
Watching UK astronaut, Tim Peake, blasting off to start his 6 months aboard the International Space Station (ISS) was very exciting and it has been entertaining to watch the video footage of him adjusting to life in space. Thursday, 17 December 2015
by Mick Orr
