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UK solar module manufacturer Romag is set to open a London-based distribution warehouse in order to better-serve its installer network.

Research published by the National House Building Council (NHBC) and Zero Carbon Hub has revealed that new homes built to current regulations cost 55 percent less to run than typical ‘upgraded’ Victorian homes. 

The UK solar industry has welcomed this morning’s confirmation that the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) will delay the next round of feed-in tariff cuts. Some of industry’s most influential spokespeople have come out in support of the move, which means cuts due to go ahead on July 1 will now be delayed.

According to the 2012 Annual Report on Fuel Poverty Statistics the number of households in fuel poverty is beginning to decrease. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has today published data results for England in 2010, and an estimated level of fuel poverty in the entire UK in 2010.

A new report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) maps out the critical role local authorities must play in helping Britain meet its ambitious carbon reduction targets.

The National Grid, Britain’s largest energy distributor, has released its full-year results for 2011.

Future Renewable Energy has partnered with Easy MCS Ltd to offer support and renewable heat training to UK-based installers.

Oxford has become the Electric Vehicle capital of Europe after an initial network of 64 charging points have been installed across the city and surrounding area, creating one of the highest densities of EV charging points anywhere in Europe.

Government has denied that the Green Deal is under review following a report by the BBC that indicated that the Cabinet Office had been interviewing critics of the scheme in response to widespread criticism.

Since April 1 this year UK solar deployment figures have slowed down to a worrying pace. Today, keen to breathe some much-needed life back into the industry, the Solar Trade Association (STA) has written to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) asking to delay the proposed July feed-in tariff cuts.