Solar Media Staff

Solar installers looking to diversify into new technologies should the government’s 87% cuts to the feed-in tariff come into force are looking at a large number of markets, a Solar Media survey has found.

Amid a maturing solar PV market, there has never been a better time for the solar contractor to diversify. With LED technology offering one of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce energy consumption, it is an area which they can ill afford to overlook, writes Rexel’s Jerry Hamilton.

Conergy UK has appointed former Balfour Beatty head of energy Paul Weaver and Lindsey Geraghty as the company’s new joint managing directors, replacing the departing Robert Goss.

UK-based panel manufacturer UKSOL is to unveil a new British-branded solar panel at next week’s Solar Energy UK exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC.

Jerry Hamilton, business development director at Rexel, discusses next week’s Solar Power Portal Awards and how they can celebrate the UK’s standing as a global solar market.

Almost 60% of the UK’s solar installers are looking to diversify into new technologies should the government’s feed-in tariff proposals come into force next year, a survey conducted by Solar Power Portal publisher Solar Media has found.

British certification body the BBA and the Photovoltaik-Institut Berlin are to unveil a new inspection process for PV power plants at Solar Energy UK next week.

Neil Buck, managing director at Foresight’s O&M subsidiary Brighter Green Engineering, discusses the increased importance of operations and maintenance in a post-subsidy environment.

With a target to provide 24/7 electricity across India by 2019, prime minister Narendra Modi and his energy minister Piyush Goyal have put energy on top of the agenda for the subcontinent. While this requires a vast increase in coal-fired power production, it comes with the enormous ambition of installing 100GW of solar by 2022, up from just 4GW today. Commentators recently praised India for its INDC, submitted ahead of the COP21 Climate Conference in Paris, aiming to hit 40% of its energy from alternative sources by 2030, but this is by no means an outright domestic task. Government movements make it clear that foreign investment and expertise is a critical part of the strategy.

October’s trade show provides a chance to start fine-tuning your core solar business and discover the new avenues to revenue in the year ahead.