Solar Media Staff

Supporting the development of solar in the UK could add £25.5 billion in value to the UK economy by 2020, according to a major report published today.

Freetricity will install another 10,000 residential PV systems in England and Wales following a deal with clean energy investor and fund manager Zouk Capital.

IKEA will extend its residential solar offering into eight new markets in the next 18 months following the success of the scheme in the UK.

SMA Solar UK will be demonstrating a broad range of products designed for all system sizes at this year’s Solar Energy UK (SEUK).

Brits with solar PV installs are too focused on the financial benefits of their installations, wrongly believing that exporting energy provides maximum benefit, according to academic research by a UK smart grid project.

Across more than 150 countries people took to the streets to demand action on climate change, renewable energy and an end to polluting fossil fuels. The marches are timed to coincide with the UN Climate Summit in New York on Tuesday, and for UN Climate talks in Lima this December, and in Paris in 2015.

Rochdale Borough Council has started construction on Greater Manchester’s first publicly owned ‘solar farm’ in an attempt to become Britain’s greenest local authority.

The UK’s first grid connected solar system has been tested on its 20th anniversary, to find it still has a 95% generation rate from its initial installation 20 years ago.

Solar Power Portal is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2014 Solar Power Portal Awards…

Renewable energy distributor, Zenex Solar will be introducing JA Solar’s SolarEdge embedded module at Solar Energy UK (SEUK).