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• Corby council houses to be fitted with solar panels

  25 August 2010, 15:13 Updated: 25 August 2010, 17:20

  Corby is considering fitting its council houses with solar panels in a bid to generate money as well as green electricity now that the government has given the go-ahead. On August 9, Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Chris Huhne, ended the quarrel over whether or not councils across Britain will be allowed to sell renewable electricity back to the national grid.

• British Gas will also provide FREE solar for UK homes

  25 August 2010, 09:11 Updated: 25 August 2010, 12:44 | Comments (1)

  British Gas is to provide solar power for homes across the UK after realising the potential this technology has to earn the customer a wedge of profit alongside green energy generation. The energy provider has conducted research into the amount each customer could earn…

• Nick Clegg officially opens University of Sheffield solar farm

  21 August 2010, 13:45 Updated: 23 August 2010, 14:05

  Adding to the total of solar photovoltaic projects springing up across the UK, the 9.99kWp array constructed at the University of Sheffield by EvoEnergy has now been officially opened by Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.

• Farmers plough the way for solar power in the UK

  17 August 2010, 09:59 Updated: 17 August 2010, 12:08 | Comments (3)

  UK farmers are set to profit quite significantly since the introduction of the solar photovoltaics feed-in tariff in April. Farmers, who saw a 7% drop in income in 2009 as commodity prices fell, could now install solar power systems on their land for a secure investment.

• Large ground-mount solar plant planned for Cornwall

  17 August 2010, 07:18 Updated: 17 August 2010, 9:38 | Comments (1)

  Solon, one of the largest manufacturers of solar modules in Europe as well as a supplier of solar system technology for large-scale rooftop and greenfield installations, has signed a deal with British project developer 35 Degrees to build a 1.3MWp solar power plant on the grounds of a former tin-ore processing facility near Bissoe in Cornwall.

• South West set for solar power success: 750MW in project pipeline

  13 August 2010, 08:57 Updated: 13 August 2010, 11:01

  The Planning Resource, which reports on planning, housing and regeneration in the UK, has reported that the South West is set to lead solar power installation in the country. The region currently has 750MW of applications in the project pipeline.

• Solarcentury almost doubles installer network to meet increased solar demand

  12 August 2010, 08:31 Updated: 12 August 2010, 10:35

  The solar installation company says that since the FiT was established on April 1st, there has been a notable increase in the availability of 'green' jobs…

• ISIS Solar will install 18,000 FREE solar power systems in the UK

  05 August 2010, 10:10 Updated: 19 August 2010, 9:53 | Comments (22)

  Joining the likes of ‘A Shade Greener,’ renewable energy provider ISIS Solar has revealed that it will install an initial 18,000 solar systems, for FREE in the south of the UK…

• UK solar installation figures revealed

  03 August 2010, 10:03 Updated: 03 August 2010, 12:08 | Comments (7)

  Electricity and gas regulator for Great Britain, Ofgem, has officially released figures for the amount of solar photovoltaic installations in the UK since the feed-in tariff was introduced. The figures show that PV has significantly overtaken any other renewable energy source in the past four months, hitting a total of 11.266MW since April 1st.

• British Gas finds UK churches could raise £34m through FiT

  13 July 2010, 14:24 Updated: 20 March 2012, 13:29

  British Gas’ Green Streets programme has found that the UK’s churches and religious buildings could raise a combined total of £34 million a year by installing solar power through the country’s feed-in tariff (FiT) scheme.