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		<title>Increased Costs Reduces SSE Profits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has just been announced that one of the Big Six energy suppliers has struggled to maintain its previous level of profits from its domestic supply division and in fact during the last year SSE has watched them plummet by twenty one per cent.  This has been, to a certain extent, as a result of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Technology is Available &#8211; Let’s Make Sure that We Use It</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Energy News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are all very quick to point the finger at the Big Six energy providers when they increase their prices.  As soon as the bill arrives and we look at the figure which states how much gas and electricity we’ve used, we grumble and mutter about the profits being made by these companies.  Research just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Costs Still Major Concern for UK Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A survey which was undertaken by the Forum of Private Business has suggested that UK small and medium enterprises (SME) are still extremely concerned with energy costs.  The survey was carried out within its own members and approximately eighty per cent confirmed that the costs of energy are “important” or “very important” for those people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surely Not Another Price Rise!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Energy News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Centrica, the owners of British Gas, has just announced that they anticipate that the long-suffering UK consumers are likely to face another increase in their gas and electricity bills.  The energy provider attributes further price hikes to a combination of factors including higher wholesale gas and electricity charges together with higher costs of transportation and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reforms of the Energy Market to Proceed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newsroom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is good that the debates which have been on-going can finally be laid to rest.  The reform of the energy market isn’t going to be delayed and should be completed in the next year.  In a short Queen’s Speech yesterday, there was the announcement that the government will “propose reform of the electricity market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Third Wind Farm for Yorkshire</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newsroom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banks Renewables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A funding agreement with the Co-operative Bank for a total of £21.9 million has ensured that a Durham-based renewable energy business can proceed with the Penny Hill Wind Farm.  Banks Renewables, have considerable experience relating to wind farms as this is their third project in Yorkshire.  Their previous Yorkshire schemes at Marr and Hazlehead were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Industry Fights Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Energy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feed in Tariff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photovoltaic solar panels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Trade Association]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The recent reduction to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) payments has caused a considerable slow-down in the number of customers wanting to install photovoltaic solar panels.  The government cut the FiT incentives by fifty per cent on 1st April 2012, so that installations with a capacity of 4kW or less now only receive 21p instead of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Communities Invited to Invest in Renewable Energy Projects</title>
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		<comments>http://www.bluemarkconsultants.co.uk/blog/local-communities-invited-to-invest-in-renewable-energy-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 10:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newsroom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Local business man Doug Prentice, is discussing with the Scottish Government his plans to involve local communities in investing in green energy power projects.  Mr Prentice feels that his proposals for “public, private and community” (PPC) investment can be more easily sustained than the private finance initiative (PFI) schemes.  The chief executive of GeoCapita, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Minister Says that Energy Policy has been Neglected</title>
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		<comments>http://www.bluemarkconsultants.co.uk/blog/government-minister-says-that-energy-policy-has-been-neglected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 12:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newsroom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been suggested that energy policy has been neglected and urgent action is required in order to stop the possibility of “lights going out” in the UK.  This bold statement was made by Tim Yeo MP, who is the chair of Energy and Climate Change Select Committee.  He stated that there mustn’t be any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Organisation Will Assist Small and Medium-Sized Businesses</title>
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		<comments>http://www.bluemarkconsultants.co.uk/blog/new-organisation-will-assist-small-and-medium-sized-businesses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 11:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Newsroom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency Partnership for Buildings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government green deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Energy Foundation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Green Deal, when it was originally announced seemed to be a great plan.  Unfortunately over the past few months there have been major changes which have caused one sector, solar power, to expand enormously, and then when the government checked their figures, they deemed it necessary to tweak the FiT payments, which forced many [...]]]></description>
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