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3 October 2018

New build estates may not be able to cope with renewables

Due to the electrical connections on homes, new build housing estates have issues with large amount of renewables

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12 September 2018

Opportunity for companies to receive world class support in connection of renewables and storage to the grid

Q&A session for grid connection problems on 20th September 2018

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6 September 2018

Fully Funded Renewable Energy Training Available (2018)

Fully funded renewable energy training courses for sole traders and SMEs on solar PV, heat pumps and solar thermal.

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30 August 2018

Decerna sign open letter to government on the photovoltaic export tariff

Decerna have joined 200 organisations in signing a letter from the Solar Trade Association to the Minister of State for Energy & Clean Growth, to ask for the export tariff for solar photovoltaics to remain. Current government plans will remove the export tariff, which currently pays homeowners 5.77p/kWh that they are estimated to have exported. Under […]

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27 July 2018

What is G98?

Why the new standard? Well, the Energy Networks Association has revised G83 to both modernise the standard and to take into account newer technologies which are now commercially available. The new standard also falls in line with the current European standard EN 50438. The new standard applies to micro-generation up to 16A per phase (3.68kW […]

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10 May 2018

A successful NE Expo for Decerna!

Decerna have had a successful NE Expo this year as their fabulous ‘Desk Gardens’ went down a storm! Decerna (NDE), a Blyth based organisation that carries out a wide range of work within the renewable and low carbon sectors brought a new, 100% renewable marketing tool to the NE Expo on Wednesday 2nd May! People […]

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12 February 2018

Decerna to accept SolarCoin cryptocurrency

NDE will now accept SolarCoin as payment for delegates on the accredited PV Installation and Maintenance course (Level 3)

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5 February 2018

What is SolarCoin and does it matter to the UK Solar Industry?

What is SolarCoin, and could it help the renewable energy industry?

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8 June 2017

Funded training to upskill North East heating engineers into heat pump installers

Decerna (NDE) is offering 100% funded accredited heat pump training courses to North East based heating engineers

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17 May 2017

Fully funded renewable energy training for heating engineers and electricans

Decerna is now offering 100% funded accredited renewable energy training in heat pumps, solar thermal and photovoltaics

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12 December 2015

The Paris Agreement

A blog on the Paris Agreement, as agreed on the 12th December 2015

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26 June 2015

Walk in session for plumbers and electricians as part of Solar Independence Day

For Solar Independence Day, Decerna will hold an afternoon session for plumbers and electricians who want to move into installing pv and solar thermal

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3 February 2015

UK’s first accredited heat metering course developed

Decerna has worked with DECC, Ofgem and industry to develop an accredited heat metering course

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1 February 2015

British Standards release new BS5918 Code of Practice for Solar Heating

Decerna have assisted in the development of the new code of practice for solar heating

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1 February 2015

Funded renewable energy training for North East businesses

Decerna are providing a range of fully funded renewable energy training courses for businesses based in North East England. Training includes industry standard courses on the installation and maintenance of technologies (photovoltaics, solar thermal, heat pump and biomass), introductions to technologies, and community energy courses. The courses are offered to small-medium sized businesses (<250 employees) […]

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30 January 2015

Regional Growth Fund supports training & testing

Decerna have received a grant from the Regional Growth Fund to support renewable energy testing and training

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5 November 2014

Decerna discussion paper – COP of water heating technologies

Discussion paper of the relatative COPs of solar thermal, thermodynamic and high temperature heat pumps - submitted to the MCS

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19 September 2014

Free renewable energy training event in Northumberland

Decerna are offering a fully funded training session on renewable energy to new SMEs based in SE Northumberland.

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6 August 2014

Decerna updates off grid PV system

NDE worked with The Whiteburnshank Trust on a 2kWp PV array for the Whiteburnshank cente

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4 March 2014

75% funded places available on heat pump and solar thermal courses

Delegates can receive up to 75% off the cost of Decerna’s LOGIC solar thermal and heat pump training courses, under a scheme funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

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4 November 2013

Reducing residents bills through training housing associations in renewable energy

New courses to teach housing associations how to ensure residents use renewable energy system to their maximum benefit

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25 October 2013

Completion of major fuel poverty alleviation project

Major fuel poverty project improves 322 hard to treat homes in North East England

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14 September 2013

Dissemination event for fuel poverty project

Dissemination event for our major fuel poverty alleviation project on 10/10/13 in Newcastle

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24 June 2013

Air Source Heat Pumps vs. Gas Boilers

PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS AN OLD BLOG FROM 2013, THE UPDATED VERSION OF HEAT PUMPS VS GAS BOILERS IS AVAILABLE HERE. Air Source Heat Pumps Air source heat pumps take energy from the air outside of a buildings through a process using a refrigerant fluid. The measure of performance of a heat pump is called […]

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