Thursday, 27 April 2017
by Andrew Morbey
Thrown in at the deep end
I recently started as a Graduate Engineer at FEC Energy and I have been quickly learning the ropes. As a baptism of fire, Tim Pratt took me with him on his trip to Kent earlier this month and it was a great, if steep, learning curve. Tuesday, 25 April 2017
by Tay Bishop
RHI Reforms - emergency legislation
We have received an update on the reforms from Renewable Energy Association in light of the general election announcement. Tuesday, 25 April 2017
by Oli Coe
Great Britain goes coal free for a day
Friday 21st April 2017 was the first 24-hour period, since the industrial revolution, that Great Britain went without the need to run its coal-fired power stations. Thursday, 13 April 2017
by Jenny Beynon
Energy efficiency… the hidden money saver
Strawson Limited, a vegetable producer in Nottinghamshire, wanted to reduce energy cost as an overhead to the business and improve their understanding of energy consumption. They used us to carry out an on-site energy efficiency audit through E.ON, their energy supplier. Tuesday, 04 April 2017
by Jenny Beynon
Chris Plackett becomes our MD
Chris Plackett is taking over as Managing Director from Andrew Kneeshaw who, after 17 years in the post, is stepping down to take a general directorial role prior to his retirement later this year. Friday, 31 March 2017
by Tay Bishop
RHI reforms - parliamentary process delayed
The Renewable Energy Association has just announced that the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive regulatory reforms have been withdrawn from parliament due to technical issues. The reforms are expected to be re-laid before parliament as soon as possible, after the Easter recess. Parliamentary Thursday, 30 March 2017
by Paul Jesson
Helping you buy, generate and save energy
Earlier in March, I attended the annual conference of the National Association of Group Secretaries for the NFU. The event took place over three days in Newcastle, Northern Ireland. It was a great opportunity to meet with representatives of the NFU and discuss ways in which we could jointly Tuesday, 28 March 2017
by Tay Bishop
RHI reforms - our answers to FAQs
The recent RHI degression announcement has thrown yet more uncertainty on the future on the RHI scheme. While the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) continue to keep business as usual, there are many questions erupting as to what, when and how the RHI reforms will happen Thursday, 23 March 2017
by Jon Swain
Are you getting the most from your biomass boilers?
Edward Backhouse of C.S. Backhouse Ltd, growers of potatoes and arable crops (including oil seed rape and wheat) in Yorkshire, had two 500kW straw burning biomass boilers installed at two sites in order to provide grain drying as well as heating for the farm buildings, including the farmhouse. Tuesday, 21 March 2017
by Ed Hardy
