Due to high demand for grants from the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP) by the home market since the scheme launched in April this year, a further £6.2 million is to be transfered to the householder stream.
“Through the huge response to the Low Carbon Buildings Programme we have already allocated over £3m of grants to households installing microgeneration – the demand has been so great that this represents half the total household budget in only the first year of the programme,” said Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks. “To enable it to continue this good work I am pleased to announce that we are re-allocating a further £6.2m of the programme funding to the householder workstream. On projected demand levels this should allow us to operate the grant programme until mid 2008.”
Good news! Get your grant applications in! First seen on greenconsumerguide.com
Written by ashleys on October 31st, 2006 with no comments.
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B&Q are now selling turbine blades at their stores. So do we rush out and buy one expecting to save money? Where would we install it? Can we attach it to the chimney stack that has been there for 100 years? Lets imagine that we have bought a nice shinny new wind turbine and manage to get it all in the car or had it delivered because we just got rid of that petrol guzzling people carrier that was so useful for transporting stuff around. So what do we do now?
Good question and it something I have been planning to write about for a while. In the meantime The Guardian has put together a useful piece entitled Blowing in the wind on this subject. The article also provides some useful links.
Written by ashleys on October 30th, 2006 with no comments.
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B&Q the big DIY retail company is hoping to
“grab the attention of the public and make them think about the possibilities of micro-generation of power”
They intend to do this, in partnership with the Energy Saving Trust, by erecting a giant billboard outside Heathrow airport. The billboard uses windpower to power the lighting on the poster.
Seen on Retail Week
Written by ashleys on October 28th, 2006 with no comments.
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