Solar Media Staff

UK solar firm Push Energy has launched a joint venture with a drone retailer to offer aerial monitoring services to the domestic solar market.

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched for a highly mobile ‘rollable’ solar system that can deploy 18kW of solar in two minutes.

Renewables developer Anesco has collaborated with conservation charity the RSPB on a new project which will see it overhaul its biodiversity plans.

The leading candidates to succeed Boris Johnson as London mayor were unanimous in their support for the capital’s solar industry at a hustings event last Friday evening.

It’s not often that a representative from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) shows much in the way of emotion on a subject. Last week saw that change when Andrea Leadsom lashed out against opponents of the early closure of the Renewables Obligation.

The adoption of a smarter, more flexible power system in the UK could save consumers billions and make the most of future renewable electricity generation, the government has been told.

Energy regulator Ofgem has challenged local grid owners and DNOs to identify additional capacity and open more for renewables, and threatened those that fail to do so with financial penalties.

Energy secretary Amber Rudd proposed to end solar thermal subsidies yesterday as part of a wide-ranging overhaul of the RHI. Liam Stoker discusses how the government now only appears willing to support technologies that sit ‘just right’, regardless of how inconsistent that approach appears.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has proposed to remove solar thermal’s eligibility for subsidy support under the renewable heat incentive (RHI) from next year.

A government report has seemingly identified several key failings in its energy policy and pledged to publish a “longer term narrative” in the future.