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  • Strutt & Parker launches innovative solar barn project

    30 March 2012, 13:26 Updated: 30 March 2012, 15:15 | Comments (2)

    Strutt & Parker has developed an innovative solution for new agricultural buildings that incorporates solar PV right from the initial construction. The solar barn was developed by the company’s newly-created energy division, which has been working closely with a number of rural landowners to develop agricultural buildings that incorporate solar PV to lower utility costs and benefit from the feed-in tariff (FiT).

  • Green house competition winners move in

    30 March 2012, 09:30 Updated: 30 March 2012, 10:41 | Comments (1)

    Blaenau Gwent Council and the United Welsh Housing Association have now completed the construction of two fully energy efficient homes in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent.

  • March 3: assessing the impact

    19 March 2012, 11:06 Updated: 19 March 2012, 18:09 | Comments (3)

    The UK solar industry has experienced another incredible surge of installs after the implementation of yet another tariff drop for solar PV subsidies.

  • West Devon solar farm given the go-ahead after appeal

    15 March 2012, 16:14 Updated: 19 March 2012, 18:19 | Comments (3)

    A proposed installation of 13,244 ground mounted solar PV panels at Willsand in West Devon has been approved. The news follows a u-turn from West Devon Borough Council who initially rejected The Green Company’s proposal.

  • Community-owned solar array set to help London’s most deprived

    15 March 2012, 13:58 Updated: 19 March 2012, 18:33

    After dedicating a year of work to the project, community energy group, Repowering South London, has announced the launch of London’s first community-owned solar power project to be built on social housing.

  • 100 Clydebank tenants receive free solar

    13 March 2012, 15:21 Updated: 19 March 2012, 18:59

    Over 100 tenants in a Clydebank housing scheme have received solar panels as part of an initiative run by Knowes Housing Association.

  • East Lindsey District Council awaits Supreme Court decision

    12 March 2012, 11:02 Updated: 12 March 2012, 13:50 | Comments (1)

    East Lindsey District Council has installed £400,000 worth of solar photovoltaic panels across five sites. The solar arrays have been installed at the Meridian Leisure Centre and London Road Sports Ground, Louth; Embassy Swimming Pool and Embassy Theatre, Skegness; and Horncastle Swimming Pool.

  • Plans emerge for 40MW solar farm in Pembrey

    12 March 2012, 09:47 Updated: 13 March 2012, 13:15

    Plans for another large-scale solar park have emerged this week after Cirencester-based Inazin Solar revealed its intention to build a 40MW plant in Pembrey. The giant solar farm, which is the largest to reach pre-application stage in the UK to date is planned…

  • Element Power Solar completes sale of 6MW UK solar parks

    08 March 2012, 12:36 Updated: 08 March 2012, 12:38 | Comments (1)

    Element Power Solar has announced the sale of two solar PV projects with a total capacity of 6MW to funds managed by alternative asset manager, Foresight Group.

  • Royal Mail delay causes deadline day worries

    06 March 2012, 13:04 Updated: 06 March 2012, 13:08 | Comments (19)

    Adverse weather conditions in the run up to the March 3 deadline might have caused some installers to miss out on registering FiT systems in time to beat DECC’s latest reference date.

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