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  1. Solar Courses For Micro CHP

    Solar Courses For Micro CHP

    For homeowners, there are key advantages to installing a Micro CHP system, which combines both heat and power from the same energy source within their individual property. Plumbing students, both new to the industry and established plumbers looking at the different types of City & Guilds/BPEC and NICEIC renewable energy courses Able Skills provides, and […]

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  2. Colchester Council activity may spur interest in PV training

    Colchester Council activity may spur interest in PV training

    There may soon be more interest in PV training in Essex as Colchester Council has announced plans to fit thousands of solar panels on council houses and other buildings it owns. Proposals unveiled by the local authority suggest 2,000 homes will benefit from the technology, as well as other facilities such as the Leisure World […]

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  3. Burgeoning self-build sector could create work for plumbing course students

    Burgeoning self-build sector could create work for plumbing course students

    The self-build industry is in healthy shape, according to one industry source, which could lead to employment opportunities for engineers who have completed plumbing courses. Jaclyn Thorburn, communications manager at BuildStore, pointed out that there are increasing numbers of finance options for people who choose to carry out construction work themselves. Technicians with plumbing course […]

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  4. Operation Celtic Odyssey could inspire take-up of renewable energy courses

    Operation Celtic Odyssey could inspire take-up of renewable energy courses

    There may soon be more interest in renewable energy courses in Wales, as a major environmental assessment of the country's coastline is being carried out to review its potential for marine power. Operation Celtic Odyssey started on May 6th and will run until May 20th 2011, with academics from Bangor, Swansea, Cardiff and Aberystwyth universities […]

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  5. Installing PV Solar Energy Makes Hay While The Sun Is Shining!

    Installing PV Solar Energy Makes Hay While The Sun Is Shining!

    Did you know that the Sun converts more than 4 million metric tonnes of hydrogen into helium every second? It’s been doing this for the past 4.5 billion years and will continue to produce solar energy at this rate for another 5 billion years!The amount of energy the Earth receives from the Sun is about […]

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  6. Demand for renewable energy courses could be set for growth

    Demand for renewable energy courses could be set for growth

    The number of people signing up for renewable energy courses could be set for a significant spike, if one online recruitment firm's statistics are anything to go by. RenewablesCareers.com this week revealed that it has seen a 70 per cent increase in international traffic in the first four months of the year and a 78 […]

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  7. Plumbing course students offered tax advice

    Plumbing course students offered tax advice

    Workers on plumbing courses who undertake a homebuilding or renovating project could be in line to have VAT refunded on radiators. Helena Gerwitz, general manager of Feature Radiators, accepted that the tax system can be complicated and involves a lot of deadlines and specific criteria to be met. However, she stressed that in certain situations […]

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  8. Ballymore Project May Require Plumbers

    Ballymore Project May Require Plumbers

    A new Ballymore project in London may interest tradesmen who are seeking employment after completing plumbing courses.Around two thousands homes, a hotel and 600,000 sq feet of office space will be built if The Embassy Gardens development receives planning permission from the relevant authorities.Tradesmen with the appropriate plumbing qualifications may be required to start work […]

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  9. Cumbria case to be closely watched by PV training students

    Cumbria case to be closely watched by PV training students

    The work of shadow energy and climate change minister Huw Irranca-Davies is set to be followed closely by tradesmen who have taken PV training qualifications. According to Business Green, the MP is writing to the government to clarify solar panel planning rules, since many people in Cumbria are still being told by their local council […]

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  10. Renewable energy course attendees may see more jobs around Hull

    Renewable energy course attendees may see more jobs around Hull

    Technicians on renewable energy courses may see an increase in the number of jobs available to them in Hull as the town's plans for expanding its docks are carried out. Associated British Ports (ABP) opted to extend the marine facility in the hope that an offshore wind turbine manufacturer would be attracted to the area […]

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  11. Solar PV Installs Continue Upward Monthly Trend.

    Solar PV Installs Continue Upward Monthly Trend.

    Maybe it has something to do with the sunny weather but according to latest Ofgem (UK Electricity and Gas Regulator) figures, over 10MW of Solar PV panels were installed on UK roofs during April 2011, the second consecutive record month and continuing a significant monthly upward trend. Since the FeedIn Tariffs scheme launched with just […]

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  12. Property upgrades may create more work for plumbing course attendees

    Property upgrades may create more work for plumbing course attendees

    Technicians who have taken plumbing courses could find new employment opportunities arising from new legislation proposed this week. The government announced in the second reading of the Energy Bill that landlords will need to achieve certain standards at their properties by 2016. As well as creating work for engineers with plumbing course training, who may […]

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