Installing microgeneration in a home gives households a degree of energy independence as well as helping them cut their bills and should be encouraged, claimed a photovoltaics supplier.Energy costs are soaring, making solar panels a good, if still expensive investment, said Solarcentury executive chairman Jeremy Legget.The price of installing the...

Domestic energy assessorsmaking energy efficiency suggestions to clients could point to the energy savings made Coventry's climate change councillor.Councillor Nigel Lee embarked on a project to make his home greener and installed a range of devices, including one Coventry's largest solar panel arrays.As well as the photovoltaic panels,...

Water conservation and microgeneration devices are to be installed at a new development in Croydon.The Sumner Gardens development being built by contractor Osborne Homes Division, will meet high eco-standards and feature solar panels, wind turbines and rainwater harvesting.Deputy council leader Dudley Mead, visited the site of the 32 three, four-...

Twice as many microgenerationwind turbines will be installed this year as last year, according to a new report.The renewable trade association BWEA published a report last week which claimed the number of installation of systems generating less than 50kW of power would rise to 7,844 from 3,459 in 2007.According to...

A combined heat and power (CHP) plant run on gas from non-recyclable waste is to be installed at the University of East Anglia.Refgas, which specialises in waste disposal and gasification, recently launched a device to extract so-called syngas from waste which is then burned to power an electrical generator.The company,...

Direct energy assessors will get a chance to peek inside environmentally-friendly buildings usually closed to the public.Fifteen of Norfolk's energy efficient developments will be offering guided tours from September 11th to 14th as part of the Heritage Open days scheme.The tours, which have been organised by the Campaign to Protect...