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		<title>Renewable Energy Training</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Electricity bills, utility bills are on the upswing. Day in day out it is becoming difficult to maintain the fuel bill of your car or the gas bill for the kitchen. From where to generate that extra bit of income. It is difficult to increase the income. The more viable and beneficial way is to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Electricity bills, utility bills are on the upswing. Day in day out it is becoming difficult to maintain the fuel bill of your car or the gas bill for the kitchen. From where to generate that extra bit of income. It is difficult to increase the income. The more viable and beneficial way is to switch to the renewable sources of energy. Renewable energy training will teach us on how to make the proper use of renewable sources of energy like solar, wind etc.</p>
<p>Most important source of renewable energy, which will be taught in renewable energy training, is solar power or sunlight. Solar power is the power that is received from the sun and is used as a form of energy. The scope of solar energy is vast. Various scientific studies have established beyond doubt that the total energy emitted by the sun in the course of a single day is enough to fulfill the energy requirements of the whole world for a year. So if tapped properly solar energy can prove to be a real boon for us. But most of the world is not familiar with it and does not know how the solar energy can be utilized. For this you can join some renewable energy training program or can interact with the person who has done it. You will also find some knowledge about solar energy hereby.</p>
<p>Photovoltaic cells, as the solar cells are known technically, are used to produce the electricity from the solar energy. All you have to do is place these cells in an open place where they will directly get the sunlight. Now when the sunlight will fall on these cells a chemical reaction will be triggered in the cells. This will produce the electricity. If you live in sunny areas then with the installation of enough number of solar cells you can store enough electricity which can be used in the night time or on the cloudy or rainy days. Renewable energy training will impart you the knowledge about how to install and maintain these cells properly.</p>
<p>There are two forms of solar energy one is called active solar power and the one is passive solar power. In the active solar power, these cells will be installed and they will receive the sunlight and would convert it into electricity. Initially it is DC current which is then converted into AC current. This current is then used to do the household chores like cooking, heating water etc. In the passive solar energy the houses are constructed in such a way that they directly receive the sunlight. Then this sunlight is directly used to keep the house warm or heat the water kept in the tank overhead. </p>
<p>Initially the cost of installation of solar cells is quite high but with renewable energy training you can hugely cut out on these costs. Once installed properly, these cells will go a long way in saving your hard earned money from being wasted in paying those heavy electricity and gas bills.</p>
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		<title>£400 off a new boiler under new scrappage scheme</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Householders will be able to claim £400 towards the cost of a new energy-efficient boiler under a scrappage scheme for old boilers announced by the Chancellor in his pre-Budget report. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Householders will be able to claim £400 towards the cost of a new energy-efficient boiler under a scrappage scheme for old boilers announced by the Chancellor in his pre-Budget report. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/how-budget-affect-me/6771217/400-off-a-new-boiler-under-new-scrappage-scheme.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Read Full Story Here</a></p>
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		<title>£180 tax saving for DIY power stations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who generate electricity from home wind turbines and solar panels will not have to pay tax on the money they make by selling it to the national grid, the Chancellor announced in the pre-Budget report.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People who generate electricity from home wind turbines and solar panels will not have to pay tax on the money they make by selling it to the national grid, the Chancellor announced in the pre-Budget report.</p>
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		<title>Green Jobs and Solar Courses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is, and has been for some time, a veritable explosion of green jobs in the United States and in much of the world.  Solar, wind, geothermal, and many other energy sources are growing fast and demanding trained people to work on them.
From the scientists and engineers who find the technology and design the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is, and has been for some time, a veritable explosion of green jobs in the United States and in much of the world.  Solar, wind, geothermal, and many other energy sources are growing fast and demanding trained people to work on them.</p>
<p>From the scientists and engineers who find the technology and design the applications to the tool belt-wearing worker on the construction site building them, the green jobs sector is growing fast.  </p>
<p>Solar is, by any estimate, one of the biggest right now.  Getting the right kind of training, whether it be to modify your knowledge of electronics or specialize your finish carpentry skills to move into panel installation, is paramount.  The new era of the green collar workforce requires solar courses for those who want to become the hottest commodity on the job market.</p>
<p>Most of the media attention on these solar courses is focused on the final installation people.  These are the tradespeople who are modifying their skills to include solar panel installations.  Those jobs, however, are just the tip of the iceberg.  By the time the solar panels reach those installers, they&#8217;ve passed through dozens of hands.</p>
<p>Solar courses you may not have heard of include the fabrication, printing, and building of those panels to begin with.  Someone worked the machine that prints and builds those photovoltaic cells, someone else put them into place on a panel and made the electrical connections between them, and still another person build the frame to house them in.  Finally, someone took those panels and found a buyer for them, shipped them, and took care of the customer service needs around that sale.  </p>
<p>All of that happened before the panels were unpacked and installed on someone&#8217;s rooftop.</p>
<p>There is a huge world of opportunity out there and those who are in training with their solar courses right now are the ones who will seize those opportunities first.</p>
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		<title>Solar Training for Future Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although it&#8217;s only in the past few years that solar power and alternative energy have been in the news, solar (or photovoltaic, PV) has been around for decades.  In fact, cutting-edge science institutions like NASA have been utilizing solar PV for a very long time.
Today, however, the explosion of interest and new applications for PV [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Although it&#8217;s only in the past few years that solar power and alternative energy have been in the news, solar (or photovoltaic, PV) has been around for decades.  In fact, cutting-edge science institutions like NASA have been utilizing solar PV for a very long time.</p>
<p>Today, however, the explosion of interest and new applications for PV has meant a huge increase in the demand for solar training and those who can utilize that training in green collar careers.  In fact, many future jobs will probably be related to or directly in photovoltaics.</p>
<p>Current careers in the construction trades, welding and fabrication, contracting and building professions, architectural design, electronics, and more are all well-suited to moving quickly into solar training for a new career related to their current one.  In fact, it is these jobs that will see the largest number of green collar moves in the near future.</p>
<p>Right now, many roofers and related construction workers are finding better wages, more work, and year-round employment by switching to solar panel installation for homes and businesses.  These enterprising workers are finding better job stability, faster growth, and many other benefits by gaining the solar training they need to quickly change their career focus.</p>
<p>University students in their last year or just emerging from courses are finding that by re-focusing their academics from traditional degrees to emphasize solar training and PV focus, they can more easily find employment and gain more lucrative and rewarding careers.</p>
<p>One of the fastest-growing areas of the solar field is in grid-tied PV design and implementation.  While many traditional electricians and engineers have the knowledge to do many things with the power grid on local and large scales, few have the solar training to focus that towards the emerging PV at a grid scale.</p>
<p>The opportunities in solar power and related fields are huge and growing rapidly.  Those who are getting the solar training now to grab those opportunities will be the ones prospering in the future.</p>
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