Following the launch of the Co-operative Group’s ethical plan 12 months ago, the group has surpassed expectations, exceeding many of the original targets.
Ofgem has published a new table on its website outlining the feed-in tariff rates as of April 1 this year. Thanks to an annual boost from the Retail Price Index, some microgenerator’s FiT income will increase to 45.4p per kilowatt hour from that date.
Maidstone-based fruit and vegetable growers who supply some of the UK's largest supermarkets, JL Baxter & Sons, has installed a solar array at Amsbury Farm.
Taunton’s College has had a 3.92kWp solar PV system installed by Southern Solar as part of the continued refurbishment of the college science block. The solar array will not only reduce the college’s utility bills and lower its carbon emissions; it will also be used in science lessons to help improve students’ understanding of solar energy and the benefit of renewable energy generation.
Hertford-based Riversmead Housing Association has called for “considerable changes” to Government’s Green Deal scheme, to help it support the poorest of its tenants.
