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Latest update on Solar PV Feed-in-Tariff

Posted by helen in: Feed-in Tariffs, Solar PV
Latest update on Solar PV Feed-in-Tariff

Yesterday the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) issued a Press Releaseadvising that they were laying before Parliament modifications to the Energy Act 2008 in relation to the reduction in Solar PV Feed-in-Tariff. The growing Solar industry in the UK has seen significant uncertainty over the past few months whilst the position of the Government Feed in Payments have been debated through the well publicised court case and subsequent appeal following the early reduction last year. Read the full...

20 Jan 2012

New Thermal Imaging Service to aid Energy Efficiency

Posted by helen in: Energy Efficiency
New Thermal Imaging Service to aid Energy Efficiency

Altereco are pleased to announce their partnership with I.R.T the infrared survey experts which will enable them to offer a new Thermal Imaging service to their customers. Maximising the green credentials of your household or commercial building means more than just using renewable technologies to generate energy.  In order to make a building truly green it is also necessary to minimise energy waste through problems such as poor insulation. Thermal imaging is a service that can help you analyse heat...

16 Jan 2012

Buy with Confidence at Altereco

Posted by helen in: Solar PV
Buy with Confidence at Altereco

Altereco are pleased to announce that they have been awarded membership of the prestigious Buy With Confidence trading standards scheme which was set up to encourage consumer confidence in local businesses. Launched in 1999, the Buy With Confidence scheme, was commissioned and set up by the Local Authority Trading Standards Services and offers consumers access to a list of businesses that have made a pledge to trade fairly and openly. In order to join the Buy With Confidence scheme, businesses...

10 Jan 2012

Solar for Communities Competition

Posted by jessica in: Feed-in Tariffs, Solar PV
Solar for Communities Competition

Many thanks to everyone who entered our Solar for Communities competition. We were very impressed with all the entries and it was extremely difficult to choose a winner but we finally made a decision. We are now working with the winning community centre on their solar install…. photos and details coming soon!

13 Dec 2011

Solar panels outperform official predictions, study shows

Posted by jessica in: Feed-in Tariffs, MCS, Solar PV
Solar panels outperform official predictions, study shows

A new study into performance of solar PV systems shows that consumers are getting a better return on their solar investment through Feed-in Tariffs than official figures predict. The report, published this week, shows that those who buy solar panels are frequently getting a better cash return than the government’s standard predictions. The predictions, known as SAP calculations (Standard Assessment Procedure) are an obligatory part of the solar quotation process in order to comply with the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS)...

27 Oct 2011