Solar & Storage Live
3 - 5 October 2017 - Birmingham, UK - The NEC
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MCS postpones controversial installation fee increase 21 Sep 2017, 16:46The Microgeneration Certification Scheme has postponed controversial increases to its installation fees just hours before they were due to come into effect.
- Housebuilders increasingly looking to in-roof solar says installer working on 400 homes 21 Sep 2017, 12:09
- Helm-led energy review questionable if cost of exempting cheap renewables ignored, Energy UK says 21 Sep 2017, 11:17
- Greencoat plots new solar spending spree following second vehicle close 21 Sep 2017, 10:00
- Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 shortlist spotlight – Contractor of the Year 21 Sep 2017, 08:52
- Q&A: Emma Bridge, CEO of Community Energy England, on London's draft environmental strategy 19 Sep 2017, 11:04
- COMPETITION: Win two tickets to the Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 19 Sep 2017, 10:05
- Bluefield readies value enhancement programme as it ducks asset outages 18 Sep 2017, 12:30
- Centrica completes 3MW battery install for Gateshead Council 18 Sep 2017, 12:26
- S&SL Speaker Spotlight: Virginia Graham, chief executive Renewable Energy Assurance 14 Sep 2017, 12:34
- Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 shortlist spotlight – Commercial Rooftop PV 14 Sep 2017, 12:19
- Dulas boasts ‘significant’ commercial and new build solar pipeline after difficult 2016 14 Sep 2017, 11:23
- Photon on track with rooftop solar system atop HS2 training college 14 Sep 2017, 10:12
- RO accreditation retained by Anesco after adding storage to solar farms 13 Sep 2017, 10:52
- Varta Storage prepares to enter the UK as 'the next market' to open up 12 Sep 2017, 13:42
- BEIS ministers duck clean growth plan questions upon return to parliament 12 Sep 2017, 12:52
- Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 shortlist spotlight – Ground-mount Solar PV 12 Sep 2017, 10:31
- Good Energy to start work on maiden battery storage project in coming months 12 Sep 2017, 09:47
- STA points to 'obvious flaws' in battery degradation study 7 Sep 2017, 12:34
- ROUND-UP: Veolia grows solar on landfill; Renesola 10MW sale; new CEO at Forrest 7 Sep 2017, 11:18
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Breaking MCS postpones controversial installation fee increase
The Microgeneration Certification Scheme has postponed controversial increases to its installation fees just hours before they were due to come into effect.
Housebuilders increasingly looking to in-roof solar says installer working on 400 homes
Housebuilders are increasingly looking to in-roof solar installations in their new build homes according to North West-based installer Solarcrown Commercial, which has won contracts for over 400 new build homes in the region.
Helm-led energy review questionable if cost of exempting cheap renewables ignored, Energy UK says
Energy UK has urged Dieter Helm to acknowledge the cheapest forms of renewable electricity generation in his ongoing cost of energy review.
Scottish Water completes largest solar project to date in move away from subsidy support
Scottish Water has said it no longer designs its solar projects around feed-in tariff revenue after successfully completing its largest solar scheme to date to power boreholes taking water from the River Spey.
Greencoat plots new solar spending spree following second vehicle close
Greencoat Capital is busy plotting its next UK solar acquisitions after achieving the first close of its follow-up investment vehicle.
Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 shortlist spotlight – Contractor of the Year
The Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 is now less than a week away and the shortlisted entrants have all been publicised.
Sponsored New solar panel backsheet testing standards needed as the PV market grows
Falling system prices have been a key driver of PV's recent growth and competitiveness, but upfront costs are only one part of the equation for long-term profitability within the solar power industry. Maximising any given system’s cumulative power output over its lifetime is critical to lowering the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) and maximising investment returns.
Q&A: Emma Bridge, CEO of Community Energy England, on London’s draft environmental strategy
Last month London’s City Hall launched a consultation on its draft environmental strategy, which included a solar action plan to be driven largely by community energy initiatives. Solar Power Portal spoke to Emma Bridge, CEO of Community Energy England and one of the judges of the upcoming Solar Power Portal Awards, to find out her thoughts on Sadiq Khan’s plans for London.
Solar and wind offer the ‘smart economic choice’ over biomass for UK power
Powering the UK on wind and solar is not only possible, but the “smart economic choice” according to a report which has condemned the future prospects of biomass in the country.
COMPETITION: Win two tickets to the Solar Power Portal Awards 2017
With just two weeks to go until the Solar Power Portal Awards, Solar Media is giving away two tickets to the gala dinner and ceremony taking place in Birmingham on Wednesday 4 October.
Lib Dems call for faster pace of emissions reduction to meet Paris agreement
The UK’s legally binding carbon reduction targets should be brought forward if the country is to meet its obligations under the Paris climate agreement, according to a new report from the Liberal Democrats.
Bluefield readies value enhancement programme as it ducks asset outages
Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) is to concentrate on enhancing the value of its existing assets after considering attractive secondary market opportunities to be “few and far between”.
Centrica completes 3MW battery install for Gateshead Council
Centrica has completed the installation of a 3MW battery for Gateshead Council, which the utility’s Distributed Energy and Power business has dubbed one of the country's largest commercial battery storage schemes.
S&SL Speaker Spotlight: Virginia Graham, chief executive Renewable Energy Assurance
With less than three weeks to go until Solar & Storage Live, Solar Power Portal has spoken to Virginia Graham, chief executive Renewable Energy Assurance which administers the Renewable Energy Consumer Code, who will take to the stage alongside Martin Cotterell and Graham Kenyon to discuss their co-authored IET Code of Practice for Electrical Energy Storage Systems.
Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 shortlist spotlight – Commercial Rooftop PV
The Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 is now less than two weeks away and the shortlisted entrants have all been publicised.