Monday, 12 December 2016
by Max Knowles
‘Tis the season… for Triads!
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. Thursday, 08 December 2016
by Jenny Beynon
Join us at Energy Now
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. Tuesday, 22 November 2016
by Jon Swain
An introduction to SFR and how it works
Jon Swain,Senior Consultant, will be giving a presentation on the Sustainable Fuel Register (SFR) at the largest UK wood fuel conference in Edinburgh next week. Wood Heat 2016 will be at Edinburgh Zoo on the 28th and 29th November 2016. Thursday, 13 October 2016
by Oli Coe
Iceland – keeping itself warm
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. 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. Wednesday, 13 July 2016
by Jon Swain
Miscanthus developments - burn it? sleep in it? live in it?
The rain finally stopped, and the sunshine made a welcome appearance, just in time for a guided walk around an experimental fields trial site of miscanthus at Hackthorn in Lincolnshire. 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
Another blow to UK's clean energy industry
Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) recently released a consultation that announces an end to Feed-in Tariff (FiT) schemes for new large anaerobic digestion (AD) sites, and a greater reduction to small and medium scale plants. Here are the main points from the consultation: Thursday, 02 June 2016
by Elisa Evans
Two years on and I'm still here
I was pleased to celebrate my second anniversary at FEC recently. Having changed from the domestic to the commercial energy world, I have learnt a great deal. From the traditional import of electricity and gas, to the more exotic export of electricity and now, gas-to-grid - when I joined FEC, I Tuesday, 31 May 2016
by Thomas Wilkins
