19 July 2024
Tees Valley Net Zero Achieves Milestone with Delivery of More than 20% of Carbon Reduction Plans in June
UK—1st July 2024 Tees Valley Net Zero is pleased to announce the successful delivery of 76 Carbon Reduction Plans (CRPs) in June 2024. This marks a significant step towards our goal of supporting Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in their journey to reduce carbon emissions. Tees Valley has unlocked £126,000 in grants, providing £2,000 per […]
Read story4 June 2024
Decerna Welcomes Catherine Scott as Graduate Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Consultant
Cramlington, UK – Decerna is pleased to announce the appointment of Catherine Scott to our Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) team as a Graduate Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Consultant. Catherine will play a crucial role in our ongoing EPD project, focusing on assisting SMEs in the Tees Valley with data collection for our openLCA-based EPDs. Catherine […]
Read story3 June 2024
Decerna Introduces Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Services to Aid EU Importers and Manufacturers
UK – 3rd June 2024 – Decerna, recognised for its robust Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) expertise, today announced the launch of its new suite of services designed to assist companies with the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). As the EU CBAM transitional period began in October 2023, Decerna is now starting to provide companies with […]
Read story9 April 2024
Tees Valley Net Zero
Tees Valley Net Zero offers comprehensive support for businesses embarking on their Net Zero journey. The programme equipping businesses with the guidance, resources, and grant funding needed to develop and implement effective Net Zero strategies. The support is delivered by Decerna Limited on behalf of the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority and is fully funded by […]
Read story12 October 2023
Decerna Welcomes Phil Norval as Head of the Group for Energy Efficiency, Renewables, and Storage
Decerna has a new Head of Group
Read story4 October 2023
The beginning of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
CBAM is the system linking import tariffs and carbon emissions.
Read story7 September 2023
UK Rejoins Horizon Europe: A New Dawn for Research and Innovation
The United Kingdom has officially rejoined Horizon Europe, and Decerna is ready to provide LCA services within consortia.
Read story9 June 2023
Decerna Group expands board to include non-executive directors
Decerna Group is expanding its board to include two non-executive directors, Aleksandra Klassen and Alan Lowdon OBE.
Read story3 May 2023
Decerna expands sustainability services with the addition of Environmental Product Declarations
Decerna, a leading sustainability consultancy, has announced that it is now offering Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) as part of its suite of sustainability services. With this new offering, Decerna can help clients assess and communicate the environmental impacts of their products, based on a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Decerna is registered now with EPD […]
Read story7 October 2022
European Commission Publishes Guidelines for life cycle assessment of carbon capture and utilisation
A team of experts employed by the European Commission have completed a document to provide scientific guidelines to understand the climate change impact of producing products from captured carbon dioxide
Read story26 September 2022
The return of onshore wind
After seven years of being effectively banned, onshore wind will once more be allowed in England and Wales, following changes in the UK’s “Growth Plan” announced today. This change will allow the UK to quickly build up the capacity of cheap, low carbon energy, reducing electricity bills for consumers as we move away from expensive […]
Read story8 August 2022
Decerna grows Life Cycle Assessment team
Blyth based Decerna (previously known as Narec Distributed Energy) has added a new member to the Life Cycle Assessment team. This team within Decerna undertake LCA studies following the principles of ISO 14040/44, in order to understand a wide range of environmental impacts within the life cycle of products and identify environmental hotspots within those […]
Read story4 August 2022
Fighting water pollution and shortage with algae
New research will grow microalgae in drain water from greenhouses for cleaner water and lower microalgae production costs Freshwater supplies are declining worldwide, a situation intensified by global warming. Greenhouses and microalgae production, like many other industries, need to reduce their freshwater demand. By growing microalgae in the drain water of greenhouses, the overall fresh […]
Read story29 March 2022
Narec Distributed Energy rebrands as Decerna
Narec Distributed Energy, a company focussed on ensuring real carbon savings across multiple sectors, has this week rebranded as Decerna, in order to better represent their activities and ambition. It is now ten years since the company was created as a spin out from the Distributed Energy department of what was at the time known […]
Read story24 January 2022
Decerna expands the grid team with two new staff members
Decerna has expanded the Grid and Utility scale team with two new appointments. Harvey Potter has come from Siemens, after completing a higher apprenticeship providing him with detailed knowledge and experience of the grid infrastructure across the UK, having worked on the commissioning of six different Extra High Voltage (EHV) substations for National Grid and […]
Read story5 November 2021
Decerna supports battery roll out
Decerna has supported 24 Power Limited in the creation of a suite of spade ready Battery Energy Storage (BESS) sites across the north of England, which are currently being sold to developers. Decerna have carried out the technical applications for each BESS site using the G99 grid connection process and have been involved in negotiations […]
Read story9 February 2021
Decerna expands with two new graduates
Decerna has expanded, taking on two new members of staff, Nina Dungworth and Louise Austin. The two new starters are working on the BEST project, in which Decerna is supporting SMEs within the North East, helping them save money and reduce their carbon footprint. The two new staff will also be working on a range […]
Read story13 August 2019
Fully funded G99 training (Nov 2019-Feb 2020)
Decerna will be providing fully funded training on grid connection to SMEs within the North East and Tees Valley Region, as part of the supports they are offering companies under the ORE Catapult’s eGRID project. This training, delivered by Decerna’s Senior Electrical Design Engineer will cover the detail of the new G99 regulations, and how […]
Read story2 August 2019
Energy grant helps firm design money saving future
A North East business has been the first to receive grant from The Business Energy Saving Team to help cut their fuel bills by becoming more energy efficient. JMF Group Ltd, a print and design company based in Swalwell, received a grant of £7765 to purchase and install new equipment to make energy efficiency changes. […]
Read story30 January 2019
North East Energy Firm Gets Battery Innovation Boost
Newcastle-based Connected Energy’s innovative battery storage system has been given a competitive boost after receiving specialist input from a support programme designed to help north east companies to develop electricity grid-related technology. Connected Energy worked with UK grid experts Decerna to achieve the latest G99 compliance for its innovative E-STOR battery system. The support came […]
Read story16 January 2019
NDE to support 250 companies across the north east reduce their carbon footprint
NDE will be helping 250 SMEs across the North East as part of the BEST project
Read story12 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
Read story6 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.
Read story30 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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