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  • Eco2Solar helps local teen kick-start charity challenge

    30 April 2012, 11:29 Updated: 30 April 2012, 12:33

    Midlands-based renewable energy specialist Eco2Solar is backing a Kidderminster school pupil in her quest to travel to Thailand and Cambodia to help local people living in deprived villages.

  • Doncaster firm offers to match energy grant scheme pound for pound

    30 April 2012, 09:23 Updated: 01 May 2012, 14:35 | Comments (1)

    Yorkshire-based Greenbuy Energy has announced a new scheme that could see local residents benefit from huge savings on their energy bills.

  • CEM3: DECC announces £35 million Energy Entrepreneurs Fund

    25 April 2012, 16:38 Updated: 25 April 2012, 17:42

    The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has revealed details of a £35 million Energy Entrepreneur Fund designed to support innovative SMEs that come up with new low carbon solutions.

  • World Energy Council, Bloomberg New Energy Finance to work together on new energy survey

    25 April 2012, 15:43 Updated: 25 April 2012, 16:48

    The World Energy Council (WEC) and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) have recently signed a partnership agreement to develop of a survey on the costs of new, renewable and conventional energy technologies. The study builds on the WEC’s existing Survey of Energy Resources.

  • Forrest resurrects social housing solar scheme

    24 April 2012, 10:39 Updated: 24 April 2012, 11:43 | Comments (1)

    Social housing specialist, Forrest, has secured a partnership deal with Dimplex Renewables to deliver a new self-funded solar installation model for the social housing sector. The programme will be spearheaded by Forrest Green, the environmental services division of Forrest.

  • RBS confirmed as UK’s largest renewable lender

    18 April 2012, 16:51 Updated: 18 April 2012, 17:53 | Comments (2)

    The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been revealed as the largest lender to renewable energy projects in the UK during 2011. A report published by Infrastructure Journal shows that RBS loaned more than £230 million to UK renewable energy projects last year, more than double that of their nearest competitor.

  • Dulas plans to double Scotland-based activities in 2012

    18 April 2012, 07:30 Updated: 18 April 2012, 15:38

    UK-based renewable energy company, Dulas, has revealed its intention to double the size of its operations in Scotland this year. Proving its commitment to this growing market, the company plans to celebrate its 30th year in the UK by firmly establishing its presence in the north.

  • Howzat? Cornish solar company scores cricket festival sponsorship

    17 April 2012, 11:35 Updated: 17 April 2012, 12:43 | Comments (1)

    A St Austell-based solar company has won the sponsorship of Cornwall’s first major cricket event, which has now been renamed ‘The Teddington Solar 2012 Cornish Cricket Festival’.

  • Another Chinese manufacturer enters the UK solar market

    17 April 2012, 09:22 Updated: 17 April 2012, 10:27

    Signing what could be another exciting deal for the UK solar market, Merseyside accountancy firm Mitchell Charlesworth has penned a bi-lateral trade agreement to help Chinese manufacturer Singyes Solar set up on British soil.

  • Bunge Limited completes CCC acquisition

    16 April 2012, 16:05 Updated: 16 April 2012, 17:07

    Bunge Limited has now completed the acquisition of Climate Change Capital. The UK-regulated sustainable asset manager and advisor is now 100 percent owned by Bunge.

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