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  • Hallmark Tractors launches farmers’ ‘one stop shop’ service for British wind turbine at LAMMA

    Press Release
    14th January 2010

    14th January 2010, Loughborough – Farmers across the UK wanting to reduce their power bills and their carbon footprint will welcome a new service from Hallmark Tractorsthat is being launched at LAMMA(20th - 21st January 2010,

    14th January 2010, Loughborough – Farmers across the UK wanting to reduce their power bills and their carbon footprint will welcome a new service from Hallmark Tractorsthat is being launched at LAMMA(20th - 21st January 2010, Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground). The service not only offers farmers the British made Iskra R9000 5Kwwind turbine from Evancebut also handles everything from the initial wind survey through grant and planning applications to the final commissioning of the turbine.

    The Iskra R9000 can be of value to all sizes of farms providing power to light a poultry shed for a small holder, lighting cattle sheds for dairy farmers or powering a grain dryer for arable farms. With an operational life of 20 years and a typical installation costing £25,000 the Iskra R9000 can make a significant contribution to reducing the costs of a farm’s power, especially when the new Government scheme for feed-in tariffs are taken into consideration.

    Derbyshire based, Hallmark Tractors will be covering the UK with their five module service making the purchase and installation of a wind turbine a very straightforward and affordable process:

    1.    Wind survey – Hallmark will install a power predictor at the proposed site. A minimum of 30 days data is then analysed and seasonally adjusted to provide information on the amount of power that the turbine will produce and so the potential cost savings.

    2.    Site survey and budget estimates - the next step is to review the site and the necessary ground works and electrical connections so that a detailed budget can be drawn up.

    3.    Planning – Hallmark will then handle the drafting, submission and monitoring of the turbine planning application, providing an expert team, highly experienced in rural planning

    4.    Grants – the Hallmark team will also handle the application for grants available via the EU’s Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, which totals €345 million.  Administered by the UK’s regional development agencies, the grants available are up to 50% of the installation cost depending on grant area.

    5.    Delivery, ground works and installation – the necessary ground works, installation and commissioning will all be handled by the Hallmark team with the minimum of fuss and disruption.

    Commenting on the launch of the new service, Jim Nash, Managing Director, Hallmark Tractors says:

    “We have a reputation for selling the very best British manufactured tractors and we are sure our customers will be as pleased with the British Iskra R9000. If you are looking to reduce your power bills and your farm’s carbon footprint then our new service is ideal. We’ll handle every aspect of the purchase and installation with the same efficiency and expertise that we have built our reputation on for farm machinery.”

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    Notes to editors:

    Evance is a supplier of renewable energy systems. It makes an advanced wind turbine (ISKRA R9000) for the ‘small wind’ market - for example, for homes, schools, and farms (as opposed to the ‘big wind’ market of commercial wind farms or roof mounted turbines - micro wind).

    For more information please contact:

    Will Jeffery

    Hallmark Tractors

    Tel: 07501 478 956

    Tel: 01335 330 399

    Email: will@nowparts.com

     

    Jim Nash

    Hallmark Tractors

    Tel: 07734 550 400

    Tel: 01335 330 399

    Email: jim@nowparts.com

     

    Richard Houghton/Kate Hartley

    Carrot Communications

    Tel: 020 7903 5103

    Email: richard.houghton@carrotcomms.co.uk

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  • Evance strengthens European distributor network for Iskra R9000 5kw wind turbine and targets southern Africa

    Press Release
    9th December 2009

     Loughborough, 9th December 2009 – The expansion of Evance’s international distribution network continues apace with the appointment of four new distributors in Denmark, France, Italy and Madagasca

     Loughborough, 9th December 2009 – The expansion of Evance’s international distribution network continues apace with the appointment of four new distributors in Denmark, France, Italy and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.

    The new distributors are:

    1.    Denmark – CIRKEL ENERGI - www.cirkelenergi.dk

    2.    Italy – Blumini Power - www.bluminipower.it

    3.    Italy – IT-Energy – www.it-energy.it

    4.    Madagascar – CAMUSAT – www.camusat.com

    Commenting on the new appointments Claus Jacobsen, sales and marketing director, Evance says: “We have high hopes that we will be able to tap in to the huge potential demand for turbines across southern Africa with CAMUSAT in Madagascar and are delighted that the Iskra R9000 has been recognised as the sector leading turbine it is by highly experienced and expert European distributors.”

    The four join six other international distributors that are already promoting the Iskra R9000 through networks of dealers in the UK, Poland, Germany, Ireland and the USA.

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    Notes to editors:

    Evance is a supplier of renewable energy systems.  It makes an advanced wind turbine (ISKRA R9000) for the ‘small wind’ market - for example, for homes, schools, and farms (as opposed to the ‘big wind’ market of commercial wind farms or roof mounted turbines - micro wind).

    For more information or to speak to Claus Jacobsen or Peter Allen, CEO of Evance, please contact:

    Richard Houghton

    Carrot Communications

    Tel: 020 7903 5103 or 07803 178 037 Email: richard.houghton@carrotcomms.co.uk

     

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  • GOVERNMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY STRATEGY AND FEED-IN TARIFFS BOOSTS SMALL WIND MARKET
    Press Release
    2nd September 2009

    Evance Wind Turbine Orders Soar

    Loughborough, 2 September 2009 – UK orders for Evance’s Iskra R9000 small wind turbine have increased by 300 percent since the Government announced its support for small wind with its new feed in tariffs, part of its Renewable Energy strategy.

    Evance Wind Turbine Orders Soar

    Loughborough, 2 September 2009 – UK orders for Evance’s Iskra R9000 small wind turbine have increased by 300 percent since the Government announced its support for small wind with its new feed in tariffs, part of its Renewable Energy strategy.

    The company has seen interest in purchasing small wind turbines for rural areas (particularly farms and small businesses) undergo an explosive increase and has increased production and the number of distributors it works with in response.

    Feed-in Tariffs

    Turbine owners can earn around 10p per kWh produced (whether consumed by the owner or not) under the Renewable Obligation Certificate scheme until April 2010. After April 2010 a new programme of feed-in tariffs will transform small wind turbine economics by paying owners more for each unit of electricity generated. These payments will be in addition to the financial benefits of displacing grid electricity and selling excess energy back to the grid. In the UK, the proposed payment is 23p per unit for turbines between 1.5kW and 15kW, and all approved systems installed from now will qualify.

    According to Evance, the new feed in tariffs mean that an Evance wind turbine will generate between £2000 and £3000 per year (more on windy sites). This, combined with grants available (to domestic, farming and public sector installations) reduces the payback time against the cost of a turbine to anything between three and six years.

    This is welcome news at a time when large scale wind turbines have suffered a blow with the recent closure of the Vestas plant in the Isle of Wight. Evance small wind turbines are designed, manufactured and assembled in the UK.

    Claus Jacobsen, Sales & Marketing Director of Evance, says: “The government has acted slowly in granting support to larger-scale manufacturing operations, despite its vision of the UK becoming a world leader in the manufacturing of renewable technologies. But the announcement of feed-in tariffs has driven demand for small wind turbines as it becomes a much more economically viable option. People are considering their long-term future and seeking to decrease their reliance on fossil fuels.

    “If the government gives its support to manufacturing small wind turbines, then we will start to see economies of scale, and the price of manufacturing will go down, reducing the up-front cost of the turbine. As this happens, demand will increase even further.”

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    Notes to editors:

    Evance is a supplier of renewable energy systems.  It makes an advanced wind turbine (ISKRA R9000) for the ‘small wind’ market - for example, for homes, schools, and farms (as opposed to the ‘big wind’ market of commercial wind farms or roof mounted turbines - micro wind).

    For more information or to speak to Claus Jacobsen or Peter Allen, CEO of Evance, please contact:

    Kate Hartley

    Carrot Communications

    Tel: 020 7903 5103 or 0771 406 5233  Email: kate.hartley@carrotcomms.co.uk

     

     

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  • UK Low Carbon Transition Plan launch at the Science Museum London, 15th July 2009
    Company News
    29th July 2009

    

    Adam Bruce, BWEA Chairman
    Ed Miliband, Secretary of State, DECC
    Leonard Magrill, Evance

    

    Adam Bruce, BWEA Chairman
    Ed Miliband, Secretary of State, DECC
    Leonard Magrill, Evance

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