Solar Media Staff

Britain’s energy suppliers are facing a crisis of consumer confidence after new research has revealed that just four in ten consumers trust their energy supplier.

Many in the industry have denounced this period of stability as a false dawn, pointing to the potential of module price rises in 2013 to derail the government’s solar plans. However, the UK solar market’s stability faces a much greater risk than global module price rises: the European Commission.

The European Commission has announced that it will refer the UK to the EU Court of Justice over the reduced VAT rate for the supply and installation of energy-saving materials, which includes solar PV and solar thermal modules.

Tollbrae Primary School in Airdrie, Scotland, has received a free solar array after winning an environmental competition run by Renewable Resources.

Lovania Nurseries in Tarleton near Preston already harnesses the power of the sun to produce over 65 million bedding, alpine flowering and bulb plants each year but now the nursery can add generating clean electricity to the list thanks to the installation of a 50kWp solar array.

Hundreds of thousands of Scheuten-manufactured solar modules were yesterday declared a fire risk by the Dutch Food and Goods Authority (NVWA).

Documents obtained by Greenpeace show that the government is concerned that terrorism and piracy could pose a serious threat to the UK’s energy supply.

Ofgem has warned consumers that energy bills will rise in the immediate future due to an increased reliance on the volatile gas market.

The potential imposition of trade duties on Chinese-manufactured solar products in the EU could cut the UK solar market by up to 80%, new research claims.

Stow-based renewable energy installer Freewatt is continuing to expand its operation with the opening of a new branch in Loughborough.