Award-winning South West based company, WITT Ltd, is to change the face of renewable energy forever with its ground-breaking new energy harvesting technology - launching with its Crowdcube raise on 7th March.
The WITT is the only device in the world that can capture energy from all movement and turn it into electricity. No other energy system can exploit the full spectrum of movement, enabling it to harvest power from water (sea, river or tidal), wind, human or animal motion.
"The WITT is the most exciting development in the renewable energy sector since the solar panel,"...
A new renewable energy system has recently been installed at Dawlish Leisure Centre, as part of the much needed upgrade to the building management system.
The new biomass heating system is fuelled by wood pellets, which burn more cleanly than traditional fossil fuels and are practically carbon neutral because they use natural resources.
The installation of the biomass heating system is part of Teignbridge District Council’s ongoing plan to reduce waste and the reliance on fossil fuels, become more energy efficient, save on costs and protect the environment for future...
Heating solutions company, ZERO, is set to take the heating world by storm as it unveils its new range of smart heat interface units – the most advanced on the market – at Ecobuild next month.
ZERO’s new product range, the result of three years of intensive research, development and testing, as well as over £600,000 of investment from DECC and Innovate UK, represents a huge leap forward in heat interface unit (HIU) technology. ZERO will reveal its new product range on stand E4288 in the District Heating Pavilion at Ecobuild, held at London’s Excel Centre on 8-10th March.
E.ON, the energy supplier behind the Cranbrook and Skypark developments, has been chosen as the district heating provider for the new Monkerton residential and commercial development on the outskirts of Exeter, it was announced today.
As part of landmark agreement with Devon County Council, East Devon District Council, and Exeter City Council, as well as property developers Persimmon Homes, Barratt Homes, Linden Homes, Bloor Homes and landowners Eagle One and Pater Salter, E.ON will develop a £30 million, 10,000sq ft Energy Centre and district heating network which will provide a...
The Exeter Community Energy Share Offer, which has been running since November 7th, closed on Thursday, having reached an astonishing investment figure of £390,000.
ECOE have been raising funds via a community share offer to install solar panels on 9 community and commercial buildings across Exeter and East Devon. This Share Offer was due to run for only three weeks so investors can qualify for the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) tax relief which closes for community energy organizations on Nov 29th. The Share Offer was expected to raise only a part of the total £390,000...
Exeter is one of over 50 UK cities that has pledged to be run entirely on green energy by 2050.
The City Council has joined the likes of London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle, Liverpool and Leeds to make the environmental commitment to dramatically reduce CO2 emissions.
Exeter's pledge comes ahead of crucial international climate change talks in Paris next month (December).
In Exeter, the City Council is already well ahead of the game in terms of its green credentials and is on track to make hundreds of thousands of pounds of savings by delivering low cost energy...
New data reveals there is a staggering £180 million worth of savings available to households in the South West if they simply switch their energy supplier.
As colder weather sets in, the Government revealed new figures estimating that 900,000 households in the South West still stand to save £200 or more by switching their gas and electricity supplier.
However a recent poll of over 2,000 UK adults conducted by the Government found that of those surveyed in the South West:
Only six per cent realised they could save £200 or more by switching;
Over 30 community energy groups across the South West will come together next week in a coordinated Day of Action to urge the region's MPs to take urgent action to protect the future of community renewable energy projects.
Community energy groups will be meeting their MPs on the 16 October to warn that Government proposals to cut renewable energy subsidies by 87 per cent will lead to the loss of jobs and investment in their local area. Groups will ask their MP to write to the secretary of state calling on her to take immediate action to ensure the enormous benefits of locally-owned...
Michelmores LLP has seen its highest-ever number of rankings in this year's Legal 500 – which independently reviews the practices of more than 1,000 UK law firms, teams and individuals, and the work that they have undertaken over the last 12 months.
Ten of Michelmores' practice areas have moved up a tier in this year's rankings, including fraud, debt recovery, health & safety, PFI, contentious trust & probate, property litigation, planning, IT & Telecoms, family and charities.
11 new practice areas have also been recognised for the first-time,...
The installation of solar panels on top of Exeter car parks is a UK first.
The pioneering initiative at John Lewis and Mary Arches Street Car Parks is being delivered by Devon firm Sungift Energy on behalf of Exeter City Council.
Once in place it will provide a gross income of over £50,000 per annum, generating 285,227 kwh per year of electricity and saving more than 150 tonnes of carbon.
Extensive structural engineering and canopy design work has allowed the City Council to build Solar PV Car Port frames to the roof of both car parks. This is the first carport...
