The UK’s “rapidly maturing” solar operations and maintenance (O&M) market must adopt a service desk-style culture like that seen in the computing industry if contractors are to survive.
Oxford Photovoltaics has secured another round of funding to support its IP licensing business model on the back of plans to produce working solar cells for customer evaluations. This follows the recent purchase of the former Bosch Solar CIS thin-film site in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany.
UK firms are being offered a share of the latest release of European solar PV research and development funding, which can be used for new building integrated systems (BIPV) and improved methods of grid integration of PV power.
Yorkshire Water is seeking three potential partners for a solar PV power purchase agreement (PPA) framework worth up to £20 million which would see ground mounted and even floating systems installed across a range of sites.
Centrica is to launch a £19 million pilot project which will assess the development of a virtual energy marketplace with renewables and storage at its heart.
More than 160 NGOs, public institutions and businesses – including major brands such as Sainsbury’s and IKEA – have come out in support of solar over proposed increases to rateable values.
Nissan is set to enter the UK residential storage market after pre-orders of its xStorage Home portfolio, developed with power management firm Eaton, opened in the UK earlier this week.
The imminent capacity market auction could offer some clues on the direction of travel, writes Terry Macalister, but the government could be missing a trick by not steering the mechanism down a greener path.
Ecotricity has closed its latest ecobond after successfully raising over £12 million from customers and the wider public to invest in the capital requirements of green energy generation.
