From everyone at RECC we wish to you and your families a peaceful Christmas and a very successful New Year. Our virtual offices will be closed from Wednesday, 23 December and will be re-opening on Monday, 4 January...
Posted: 22 December, 2020
REAL Non-Executive Director Philip Wolfe, MBE, was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Solar & Storage Live Virtual Awards on Friday, 11 December in recognition of his 45 years' contribution to renewable and community energy...
Posted: 15 December, 2020
Bowing to pressure from installers and consumers the Prime Minsiter, as part of his 10-point Green Plan speech, has today announced that the closing date for the Green Homes Grant Scheme in England will be extended by one year...
Posted: 18 November, 2020
Government has announced that there will be a one-month lockdown in England effective from 5 November 2020...
Posted: 2 November, 2020
New service delivered by Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd in partnership with the REA to support uptake of roaming EV Roam to provide identification codes for companies in the EV charging ecosystem in line with international standards Roaming crucial for mass uptake of Electric Vehi...
Posted: 7 October, 2020
Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd (REAL) is aware of a dispute between HIES and MCS over proposed changes to the over-arching MCS Installer Standard MCS 001-1. REAL is not a party to any discussions about this matter. We are therefore not able to comment on the dispute...
Posted: 11 September, 2020
The latest RECC newsletter can now be downloaded and read below...
Posted: 18 August, 2020
New reports show consumers continue to be sent unsolicited letters from Evo Energy Solutions Ltd, company number 11946449. The letters claim that the company's records indicate that the consumer has missed their 'free solar PV and system check'...
Posted: 13 August, 2020
RECC has today published the 2019 Annual Report! The report summarises and explains the huge body of work that RECC carried out during the year. Virginia Graham, RECC CEO said: "My thanks go to our members who have supported us throughout the year...
Posted: 13 August, 2020
Government is calling for greener, warmer homes as part of its ‘Plan for Jobs’ which includes £2 billion for Green Homes Grants to homeowners and landlords towards the costs of making their homes more energy efficient...
Posted: 7 August, 2020
Cambridgeshire, Devon, Kent, Suffolk and Sussex councils have confirmed they will be working with independent experts iChoosr to deliver group-buying schemes for solar and storage this autumn...
Posted: 15 July, 2020
Some of the UK’s most experienced clean energy experts have joined forces to create a new guide for domestic heat pump installers. This new heat pump guide creates a single source of best practice guidance to support the UK heat pump industry...
Posted: 14 July, 2020
Renewable Energy Consumer Code (RECC) this week urged Government to ensure future support for low carbon heating promotes the sector and protects consumers...
Posted: 10 July, 2020
RECC has pledged its support for the Work Safe campaign for a safe return to work. Co-ordinated by TrustMark and The Building Leadership Council, the campaign is predicated on the belief that consumer confidence is pivotal to economic recovery...
Posted: 10 July, 2020
RECC's dispute resolution process is approved by Consumer Codes Approval Scheme (CCAS) under the Alternative Dispute Regulations (ADR) consumer regulations. RECC is pleased to celebrate this important anniversary with CCAS and the £12...
Posted: 9 July, 2020
The latest RECC newsletter can now be downloaded and read below...
Posted: 5 May, 2020
The Consumer Codes Approval Scheme (CCAS) reported significant increases in its membership and consumer spending this year. CCAS promote codes of practice for different industries which meet core criteria...
Posted: 28 April, 2020
RECC has welcomed Government's announcement today that it plans to introduce a grant scheme to support consumers who install renewable heating systems. The scheme is due to follow on directly from the Domestic RHI when it closes on 31 March 2022...
Posted: 28 April, 2020
RECC has assured its members that it is ready and willing to help in any way it can during this time of great uncertainty. Virginia Graham, RECC CEO, said: "We are very aware of the concerns our members have about the viability of their businesses in the short, medium and long term...
Posted: 27 April, 2020
To support consumers and installers MCS has decided to set up a register of MCS-certified businesses who are currently offering, or who would be willing to offer, emergency repair work for consumers who are having problems with their renewable energy systems...
Posted: 2 April, 2020
RECC is pleased to confirm that its virtual office is up and running. This means that RECC Team members are available to help our members, consumers and stakeholders as usual...
Posted: 27 March, 2020
From Monday, 23 March RECC's new address will be: Brettenham House, 2 - 19 Lancaster Place, London WC2E 7EN. All our email addresses and telephone numbers will remain the same...
Posted: 18 March, 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday announced a range of measures to support the renewable heat sector...
Posted: 12 March, 2020
The latest RECC newsletter can now be downloaded and read below...
Posted: 11 February, 2020
Join the REA and Renewable Energy Assurance Limited (REAL) for the launch of the UK’s first Electric Vehicle Consumer Code for domestic charge point installers! The Electric Vehicle Consumer Code for Home Chargepoints (EVCC), which sets out high standards for busine...
Posted: 10 January, 2020
Larger electricity suppliers were obliged to introduce a Smart Export Guarantee tariff on 1 January 2020. To date, 13 fixed-rate tariffs have been announced together with one variable-rate tariff. Solar Trade Association has put together a league table showing how these compare...
Posted: 3 January, 2020