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Annual Conference & Exhibition - Setting Targets for Growth

Wednesday 14^th October 2009

Venue:
Rootes Building
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL

Price: £149.50

Mass Market Solar; setting targets for growth

"The event for the Solar Thermal Industry in the UK"

This year's conference aimed to present, discuss and debate the above issues so that the solar thermal industry can continue to develop and implement its vision for a low carbon Britain with solar as the starting point for building integrated renewables on all UK homes, businesses and other alternative uses. The conference and seminar was looking to establish targets that the solar industry can sign up to so that we all implement this sustainable future.

In various recent consultations, the UK Government has responded to the call for 15% of British energy needs to come from renewables by 2020 by changing its mindset on solar thermal and other renewable technologies. Original policies such as Clear Skies and LCBP targeted thousands of homes whilst newer initiatives such as the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and Zero Carbon Homes (ZCH) target millions of homes.

At the same time, support systems for growth such as training, public awareness and accreditation are being reviewed and implemented; sometimes effectively and at other times with policy duplication and overlap with resulting market place confusion. And also for the solar thermal industry, so called consultants produce reports without consultation showing very limited vision for the truly zero carbon future UK requirements.

Please click the links below to view the exciting presentations below:

Hergen Haye - Implementation of the RHI

David Adams - Beyond RHI

Jacqueline Crawford - Bringing MCS & CPS together

Griff Thomas - Obtaining MCS

Jaryn Bradford - How Field Trial data can inform the accreditation process

David Matthews - A Training Portfolio

Pat Leavey - Qualifications, colleges & RE training

Roger Webb - Growing new markets in the Renewable Industry

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