Solar Media Staff

The Solar Trade Association (STA) has joined the voices of eight other solar trade associations from across Europe to call on the European Commission to stop its anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations against Chinese solar manufacturers.

The Solar Trade Association (STA) is calling on Twitter users to put pressure on the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to address the domestic-scale renewable heat market.

Ofgem has confirmed the feed-in tariff (FiT) rates for solar photovoltaic technology for the period starting 1 July 2013 until 1 October 2013.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s latest public attitudes tracker results show that solar remains the most popular form of renewable energy generation amongst the British public.

Abu Dhabi’s state owned renewable energy company, Masdar, is reportedly set to announce that it will invest ‘up to £1 billion’ in alternative energy schemes alongside the UK’s Green Investment Bank (GIB).

Energy and climate change minister Greg Barker is to set up a working group to free up blockages in the financing of commercial rooftop solar.

The UK solar industry may only have to wait a matter of weeks before government publishes its first ever solar PV strategy.

The European Commission has initiated an anti-subsidy investigation into imports of solar glass from China.

Competing with Cornwall on large-scale solar might be a challenge. Competing with Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmond on wind energy may also be difficult. But finally, Scotland has entered the large-scale solar PV age.

Solar power generator manufacturer Firefly Solar has announced the launch of its Cygnus Hybrid Power Generator (HPG).