Solar Media Staff

The University of Durham’s historic campus has long been one of the North East’s most treasured jewels, but the sprawling nature of the campus had long meant that the University’s core administrative services were scattered across the city.

Lord Heseltine has called for a “definitive and unambiguous” energy policy for the UK to provide long-term investment certainty for the industry.

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has set itself a new target of generating 50% of the nation’s electricity from renewable sources by 2015.

Last March, with the help of the Renewable Energy Cooperative (R-ECO), Cornwall College was able to install and register three different solar systems before the feed-in tariff reductions took hold. Six months later the college has revealed the extent of its savings.

Solarcentury has been given planning permission for a 7.6MW extension on an existing 700kWp ground-mounted array in Illminster, Somerset.

Hitachi has announced that it will be developing up to six new nuclear plants in the UK after purchasing the Horizon Nuclear Power venture from RWE and E.ON in a deal worth £697 million.

Energy investment in the UK is at a 20-year high, but could slow down without greater policy certainty, an industry-backed report has warned.

Spanish solar giant ATERSA has launched a new modular solar PV system for low-power domestic installations called, EasySun.

EDF Energy has become the latest member of the ‘Big Six’ energy companies to announce price rises, citing “obligatory” investment in renewables as a major driver behind its decision.

The latest installation figures show that the residential market is beginning to show serious signs of recovery, but is it enough to support the 4,500 MCS-registered solar companies?