<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Eco Friend News Portal</title><link>http://www.ecofriendnews.com/</link><description>Latest environmental technology, recycling and renewable energy news</description><language>en</language><generator>Eco Friend News Portal</generator><copyright>Eco Friend News Portal</copyright><item><title>Get ready to reap the rewards of feed-in tariffs</title><link>http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9695.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 12:14:11 GMT</pubDate><description>In April, the UK Government introduced FITs to stimulate growth in the UK renewable energy market. The scheme promises cash rewards to homeowners, businesses and communities who install technologies for renewable energy.

The FITs entitle householders, communities and organisations that install technology renewable technology to be paid:
     •  GBP0.361 per kWh for new build installations up to 4 </description></item><item><title>Renewable energy systems purchased now benefit from capital grants and incentive payments</title><link>http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9547.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:57:49 GMT</pubDate><description>There is currently a golden window of opportunity in which consumers purchasing renewable energy systems can benefit from both capital grants for the purchase of equipment, and additional incentive payments for every unit of heat or electricity produced.

This 'double-whammy' will be short lived as the current grant system towards the purchase of systems will be phased out and replaced by a pay  </description></item><item><title>Green energy market poised for a boom in demand for smaller-scale wind turbines</title><link>http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9133.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Jun 2009 17:04:52 GMT</pubDate><description>Wind Week 2009 from 13 to 21 June, organised by the British Wind Energy Association, is part of a world-wide campaign to raise awareness about wind energy as a free, sustainable and carbon-neutral source of electricity.

An industry expert has predicted that the green energy market is poised for a boom in demand for smaller-scale wind turbines. Rod Edwards, Technical Director at Perpetual Energy </description></item></channel></rss>