Down to Earth
Down to earth: Cost-efficient heating whatever the fuel
5 March 2012
THE Turbo Burn is a true multi-fuel water stove which enables you to select the least expensive fuel available to heat your home and structures as well as satisfy all your hot water needs.
Down to earth: Halls teams up with solar power specialists
5 December 2011.
SHROPSHIRE, Mid Wales and Worcestershire company Halls has teamed up with solar power specialists The Green Electrician to provide a service to current and new clients who are keen to generate sustainable energy on their property.
Down to earth: Branston cuts mains water usage by more than half
5 September 2011.
POTATO company Branston Ltd has installed a £1 million water recycling plant at its Ilminster, Somerset, site – and is already reducing its mains water usage by thousands of litres a day.
Double boost for biomass
12 August 2011.
ENERGY Minister Charles Hendry has given the go-ahead for two new biomass stations in Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, which combined will produce enough electricity to meet the needs of over a million homes.
Trent Vale Moth Night
27 July 2011.
COME along to Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust’s Farndon Willow Holt to learn how to identify moths and to find out which species can be found in the Trent Vale. Everyone welcome!
Starting at 8pm, the event on Saturday August 6 will carry on till as late as you want!
Free one-day course in wildlife Identification
20 July 2011.
BTCV will be holding the following free one-day course at Langford Lowfields, TARMAC Langford Quarry, Newark road, Collingham, NG23 7RF
Sunday August 14 – Butterfly and moth identification. From 10am-4pm for 12 people.
Make your nature count
13 May 2011.
NATURE lovers are being asked to watch out for the wildlife which visits their gardens.
As part of the annual Make Your Nature Count campaign, the RSPB this year is asking people to look out for grass snake, great crested newt, frog, toad, stag beetle, bat, hedgehog and badger.
To take part, simply pick an hour on one day between June 4-12 and submit your results at www.rspb.org.uk/naturecount
Down to earth: Fruits of their labour
3 May 2011.
Janet Richardson visits an orchard project in apple blossom time
Farmers to benefit from renewable heat incentive
7 April 2011.
OPPORTUNITIES for farmers to provide heat services from renewable technologies such as bioenergy, solar and ground source heat pumps are set to grow rapidly, according to the NFU.
This follows the long-awaited announcement of details of the Government's ground-breaking £860 million Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). Displacing oil-fired and natural gas heating, as well as coal, the RHI will add to UK energy security at a time of rising costs for heating fuels, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and making a major contribution to Britain's obligations under the European Renewable Energy Directive.
RHI brings heat relief to rural businesses
1 April 2011.
THE launch of the Renewable Heat Incentive last month will help farmers and rural businesses invest in renewable heat technologies, reducing costs and carbon footprints.
The £860 million government scheme is the first of its kind in the world, providing long term support for renewable heat technologies. Subsidies will be paid to those who install the technology which includes, biomass boilers, energy from waste combustion, ground source heat pumps, deep geothermal and the injection of biomethane into the grid.
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