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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Find out about relief from Excise Duty for users of fuel used to generate electricity ('Electricity Relief').
The monitoring, record keeping and reporting you must do and how you’ll be regulated.
How hydroelectric power works, regional schemes and information on installing your own micro-hydro scheme.
A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
Use this online service to make or manage a declaration of goods being exported from Great Britain to a country outside the UK.
Use this tool if you are a software developer wanting to produce user-defined XML test scenarios.
Government incentives for CHP schemes
Advice to British people affected by crises abroad such as large-scale terrorist attacks, natural disasters and political unrest, and how the FCDO can help.
Check if you can reclaim VAT using the DIY housebuilder scheme for new builds, conversions and charitable buildings.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the DIY housebuilder scheme online service.
How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.
Use the online service or VAT431NB form to reclaim VAT, if you're a DIY housebuilder building a new home or charity building.
Use this form to apply for a low risk medium combustion plant or a low risk specified generator standard rules permit.
The Ayrton Fund supports clean energy research, development and demonstration (RD&D) to accelerate the clean energy transition in developing countries.
Find out if you need an environmental permit, if you can meet permit requirements and how to follow the application process.
Standard rules and generic risk assessment for Tranche B Specified Generator with individual unit capacity <1-20MWth of gas or abated diesel engines operated less than 1,500 hours a year.
How you must report on sustainability for biomass and biogas electricty generation, if you generate over 50KW.
Use the S&S GB service if you import goods into Great Britain and need to make an entry summary declaration.
If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, find out if you need to meet MCP and/or specified generator regulations.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
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