Solar Media Staff

Electrical wholesaler, Moss Electrical, has announced that it will use funds gained from the sale of its old office to invest in solar PV research and development.

The government is hoping to support up to 16,000 solar thermal systems in the first year of the new domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme due to launch later this year.

Ofgem has announced new feed-in tariff rates applicable from the 1 April 2014.

A survey carried out by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has discovered that 9% of households in the UK are considering installing solar.

Naked Energy has secured €1.3 million (£1 million) of funding to further the development of its hybrid solar module, Virtu.

Where do you sit; are service and maintenance visits to a solar PV system a necessary and worthwhile exercise, or just a waste of money? This was the question posed to me today by a customer. My answer was: “Well that depends on the system, the installer and the way the system is behaving.”

Supermarket chain Booths has turned to solar PV to help reduce its energy bills after it installed an array on its cold store distribution centre near Preston.

British company Oxis Energy has partnered with Proinso UK to develop a new solar energy storage system prototype that it is aiming to roll-out this year.

The National Grid has revealed that it is launching a new smart grid programme in the UK that will help reduce commercial and industrial energy use during peak demand.

Gen Community is hoping to raise enough money to install solar panels on 25 schools across Staffordshire with its Staffordshire Sunny Schools community offer.