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Rexel is advising British consumers need educating on the benefits of renewable heat following the recent publication of wave 2 of DECC’s Public Attitudes Tracker. The company’s survey highlights that 56% of customers have not heard of combined heat and power units, while nearly half (46% and 42% respectively) are unaware of air-source and ground-source heat pumps. However, the government is now ready to work on the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme for summer 2013.

If you’ve been at Solar Power UK 2012 this week then you can’t fail to have noticed Enphase Energy’s booth, between the live demonstrations, candy-filled shot glasses and fish tanks it’s been hard to miss.

NuVision Energy has unveiled its new energy saving and renewable product range for 2013 at Solar Power UK 2012, held this week in Birmingham.

Fronius has developed a central inverter in the 75kW and 100kW power categories that is fully installed and commissioned by the installer. The Agilo series can be fully serviced and repaired by a Fronius Service Partner.

Renewable energy specialist Sungift Solar has become an authorized supplier of BenQ Solar modules in the UK and has launched the product at Solar Power UK 2012, held October 2-4 in Birmingham.

Current uSwitch figures dictate that fuel poverty affects 6.3 million households in the UK. With almost 30,000 deaths blamed on low incomes and high energy bills, John Penny, Policy Advisor at the Chartered Institute of Housing, offered solutions to the audience at Solar Power UK in Birmingham today.

China Sunergy has signed a 50MW Memorandum of Understanding with a view to expand its UK presence. The MoU was inked just before the start of Solar Power UK 2012 which kicked off on October 2 and runs until October 4.

In a bid to encourage PV installers to take advantage of the growing BIPV market in the UK, PV manufacturer and glass specialist Romag has launched its new BIPV Partnership Programme at Solar Power 2012, which is being held this week in Birmingham, and will be rolling it out across the UK in the coming months.

SMA Solar will release its Smart Home system to the UK, which has already been successfully installed in Germany. The company claims that the Smart Home system increases self-consumption by approximately 30 per cent with “outstanding” efficiency in converting and storing electricity. The low-cost installation is straightforward thanks to a quick and easy wall mounting.

Alasdair Grainger, the Head of the Feed-in Tariff at the Department of Energy and Cimate Change (DECC) has announced at Solar Power UK 2012 that businesses will still be able to chose between support under the feed-in tariff (FiT) or the renewable obligation (RO).