The wait is over. Solar Energy UK 2015 opened its doors this morning and thousands of solar sector workers have flocked to Birmingham’s NEC for what promises to be the largest SEUK to date.
A keynote panel comprising the heads of some of the UK’s largest solar developers have concluded that consolidation in the solar sector is inevitable as cuts to support frameworks take hold.
Installers looking at diversifying their offering in the wake of policy upheaval are most concerned about understanding their new markets and identifying new customers, according to results of a Solar Media survey.
Solar Energy UK 2015 starts today at Birmingham’s NEC, and the government’s clean energy cuts – or more importantly how best to challenge them – is taking centre stage.
Scottish energy minister Fergus Ewing has said that the UK government has been “surprised” by the level of reaction to proposed cuts to clean energy programmes, and revealed that he had been informed of hundreds of millions of pounds of investment now being withdrawn.
Electrical and renewables distributor, Rexel UK, is set to unveil a number of announcements during Solar Energy UK 2015 — including a new partnership agreements with Smappee and Valk Solar Systems.
Diverter manufacturer Powerdiverter will be exhibiting its “next generation” of diverter products to Solar Energy UK, which gets underway tomorrow at Birmingham’s NEC.
Greg Barker, the former energy secretary and now BPVA president, has criticised the evidence base used to compile the current feed-in tariff proposals and pleaded with Amber Rudd to listen to the industry’s submissions.
Ex-England rugby international Austin Healey has warned that the installation business he’s a director of would have to make more than 600 redundancies if proposed cuts to the feed-in tariff are enforced.
