As the solar industry begins to wind down for a much-deserved holiday break, I thought it might be an appropriate time to take a look back at 2012’s most read stories on Solar Power Portal.
More than a third of solar panel owners have experienced problems in getting their feed-in tariff payments in a timely fashion according to a new survey by Which? the consumer watchdog.
The upcoming change in RO rates in April will lead to a potential Q1’13 revenue windfall for suppliers of solar and balance-of-systems (BoS) components in the UK market.
A dedicated National Solar Centre is to be launched early next year to help drive the UK PV industry towards the 22GW capacity target anticipated by government.
Planning applications by Solarcentury for over 50MW of solar parks, worth almost £56.5 million, in Norfolk, Suffolk and Southampton, have been approved by the respective councils.
The government has confirmed that it will introduce a new Renewables Obligation Certificate (ROC) banding specifically for medium-sized roof-mounted solar systems.
