Solar Media Staff

Welsh uPVC window manufacturer, Solar Windows, has significantly reduced its carbon footprint as well as operational costs after investing in a 110.4kWp solar array on top of its factory buildings.

Lightsource Renewable Energy has been granted planning permission to install a 0.96MW solar park at Palfreys Barton Farm, Devon after modifying proposals to take into account two active badger setts.

Earthwise Products Ltd, the manufacturer of the SOLiC 200, has agreed a UK distribution partnership with Glasgow-based CCL Components that will see the company stock the UK-manufactured solar immersion controller.

We’re a cynical bunch us Brits. The much-trumpeted Green Deal scheme finally launched at the beginning of the year and, right on cue, the press jumped on its back pulling the scheme apart.

Following the publication of the updated MCS guide, I have been inundated with questions. On this page I will try to keep an updated list of the most common questions.

Scientists at the University of Sheffield and the University of Cambridge have developed a spray-coating technique for photovoltaic cells in a bid to reduce panel costs.

A year of record PV demand has seen the amount of solar installed in the UK exceed 2GW, according to the upcoming NPD Solarbuzz Marketbuzz 2013 report.

Last week saw the official unveiling of the long-awaited third revision to the MCS PV installation guide. Peter Bennett gives a summary of the key changes.

Yesterday marked the beginning of the ‘Restarting the Market’ series of Solar Power UK roadshows. In front of a sell out crowd in Sandown Racecourse, Energy Minister Energy Greg Barker took to the stage to once again deliver a keynote solar speech.

I am delighted to be at Sandown today, launching the first in a series of six Solar Roadshows across the UK. As the Roadshows journey across the UK, so can the industry grow on its foundations to reach out to new markets and customers, and succeed across the country.