By nick hannigan
until the major players insist on installing green initiatives, as are now legal requirements with new builds abroad,the costs and incentives to install elsewhere will not...

By John Haime
The HydroGem is an interesting concept. The article does not provide any details of efficiency, ie kWh of heat produced for each kWh of electricity used to split the Hydrogen...

By Colin Megson
At an ALL ENERGY exhibition and conference, I hope Mr Salmond's keynote speech will make known that breeder reactors are indeed a source of renewable energy [Breeder reacto...

By David
Anything with a subsidy of any description ends up overpriced as the trade rips the consumer off. We have just seen that with the price fall in solar pv following the fit reductio...

By HARRY RIPPED OFF
Are you aware that besides loosing their jobs, the 50+ contractors of the Ebbw Vale site have still not been paid?

By Jimmy Hendry
Gas safe seem to do little better than CORGI did. I'm a Scottish technician plumber and was recently asked for my HETAS card. This is yet another way to undermine the 4 yea...

By David
I think it will take a well-publicised serious accident before idiots take any notice and refrain from doing something so stupid as to put a torch to a gas cylinder.

By Stephen
Totaly agree with Graham, the RHI premium payment is like trying to catch your shaddow. ( I have heard that Tuesdays are no longer on!)

By John Smith
Your comments concerning the BESNA describe in no way what the shop floor employees will lose, financially or what the industry will lose in skilled labour. The companies, mo...

By Mr Objective
Did you even look at the BESNA benefits? Unite and the JIB are lagging behind the current environment and modern practice - get real!

By Michael Sullivaqn
Congratulation Flogas on your new acquisition and more admiration for selling rainwater harvesting products. I have been in this business for 12 years and still find i...

By Anonymous
Big thank you to Mr Judd for helping to organise the industry and showing us how strong we can be. This industry will never be the same again. You've helped carry out the bigg...

By Anonymous
BESNA is in the right place now... THE BIN!

By Happy 'JIB' Electrician
Three cheers for Unite and the R&F

HIP HIP......

By Tom
I am speaking on behalf of 90% of NG Bailey's workers!
We only signed up to the new agreement because we had two options - job or dole. No one had a choice. It's not beneficial ...

By JIB Approved Electrician
Bye bye BESNA!!!!

By Anonymous
"The seven companies working with HVCA to introduce BESNA are Balfour Beatty Engineering Services, Crown House Technologies, Gratte Brothers, NG Bailey, Shepherd Engineering S...

By Arthur Bromley-Rider
Mr. Malina, please could you provide more figures on these comparisons? If what you say is accurate, why are people making such a rash decision to invest in solar...

By Anonymous
big thankyou to mr judd for helping to organise the industry and showing us how strong we can be. this industry will never be the same again. you've helped carry out the bigge...

By Peter Radcliffe
This makes it very clear. Payback on a whole range of good traditional building and M&E has an excellent ROI. And.... no subsidy or gimmicks in sight!

By Anonymous
Nobody wants BESNA. The reason we have signed is because we would of been sacked if we didn't. The same people who have signed including me, have all voted for strike action. ...

By affected
I will second that the balfour beatty and hvac lies like out of 3000 employees only 295 voted for strike is bull they are juggling numbers and counting a lot more than the actu...

By Anonymous
HVCA...........Stop trying to put it across as if employees have welcomed this new agreement, they haven't. You know and everybody else knows that the only reason we signed wa...

By Anonymous
Yes indeed I signed the BESNA contract too, only because if I didn't I was down the road! I voted for strike action at Balfour Beatty also.

By Anonymous
The 90% who you claim have signed this Draconian agreement are the same employees who have voted AGAIN for strike action, because they don't want and never have wanted this ag...

By David
Presumably the EPC will cost a few hundred quid, diminishing the incentive for many to invest in renewables.

By Anthony Waterman
Great survey. Very good and appropriate questions. I enjoyed taking part.

By Michael Langford
I run my own business and have no problem with making money. However, to introduce a scheme paid for by the elderly and those less well off so a minority of people can ...

By Ian Lowe (a climate change sceptic)
"I'm not sure anyone is denying that global temperatures are rising." Well, yes they are apparently and, its none other than NASA's climate change la...

By Kevin Savage
The debate for or against global warming and science may be incorrectly focused. With conflicting statistics and exponential population growth, some of whom may wish to con...