Solar Media Staff

The British public would prefer to have a solar farm located near them rather than a fracking well, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Solar Trade Association.

The Solar Trade Association has published 10 commitments for solar farm developers to help ensure best practice in the increasingly controversial sector.

Solar thermal installations in July represented the lowest monthly deployment in all of 2013, according to statistics published by the STA, the HHIC and the ICOM energy association.

Which? has called on the government to annually review the cost of energy and climate change policies on consumers’ bills.

The average household energy consumption in the UK fell by almost a quarter from 2005 to 2011, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Morrison’s 2MW PV array highlights the challenges of large-scale roof-mounted solar

The level of action being taken to reduce greenhouse emissions varies wildly between local authorities, according to a recent report by scientists at Newcastle University.

Inazin Solar is exploring the possibility of installing one of the UK’s largest solar farms in Lincolnshire.

Viridian Solar has announced that its new range of Clearline PV modules has broken the 500Wp barrier.

Small-scale PV storage has not yet taken off in the UK. However, the necessary technical and commercial drivers could kick in soon and rapidly change this situation, and when they do, we need to be ready, says Martin Cotterell