Making the most of a solar PV install
Here at Bowler Energy, we are encouraging businesses with a solar PV install to make essential checks and ensure that they are performing effectively. During the warmer summer months, PV systems begin to work harder and are put through their paces. To ensure that you are getting the most out of the sunshine, here are some simple things to check on your array. Read More
2016: What do the new FIT rates mean for renewable energy this year?
At the moment, whenever you hear a conversation about renewable energy, inevitably, the new Feed-In Tariff rates are discussed. Following the announcement from the DECC towards the end of last year, we know that there are cuts, but we also know the impact is not as severe as may have been stated in the press.
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Justifying your energy saving plans to your Managing Director
So, you’ve identified that there are areas in the business that you work for, where you could be making potential energy savings – if that wasn’t difficult enough to identify, now comes the really hard part…how to justify these energy saving plans to your Managing Director.
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Implementing an energy saving strategy without an Energy Manager
The management of energy within a company is often neglected, even though there is, more often than not, the considerable potential to save energy and reduce costs. To be fully effective, it needs to be an integral part of a business’s wider management process, and any CSR or sustainability goals.
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7 stats every business should know about saving energy
Searching for ways to reduce energy consumption with a business should be high on the priority list of every management board – however this often isn’t the case. Whether due to time constraints, lack of resource, or even lack of understanding – the opportunities for saving energy are often overlooked.
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Energy saving in the workplace: Five tips for manufacturers
In the manufacturing industry, your process and production equipment is vital to your operations. And unsurprisingly, as these processes are the core to your business, your equipment is nearly always on – meaning you’re using a lot of energy, and therefore a lot of expense.
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Everything you need to know about combined heat and power (CHP)
What is it?
Combined heat and power is a type of renewable energy technology that you probably haven’t heard a lot about, but this year, you’re bound to see a lot more about it. Combined heat and power, or CHP, integrates the production of usable heat and power (electricity) in one efficient process.
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The facts about the Feed-In Tariff for businesses
In December of last year, the long awaited announcement from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) regarding their Feed-In Tariff (FIT) review, was revealed.
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The industrial firm’s guide to reducing energy costs
Is your industrial business located within a unit on an industrial park? One that doesn’t keep its heat very well? One that uses a lot of lights and production equipment? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you’re probably using a lot of energy, and with that – your bills will be a lot higher than what you would like.
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3 reasons to be cheerful about the change in Feed-In Tariff
From July 2015 until the end of December the renewable energy industry as a whole was on tenterhooks awaiting the news about the change in Feed-In Tariff and what that would mean for the sector. It was expected that in some cases the Feed-In Tariff would no longer exist after the announcement, and that would have brought severe changes to renewable energy.
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