Solar Media Staff

Alasdair Grainger, the Head of the Feed-in Tariff at the Department of Energy and Cimate Change (DECC) has announced at Solar Power UK 2012 that businesses will still be able to chose between support under the feed-in tariff (FiT) or the renewable obligation (RO).

Waxman Energy will showcase its Black Panel range from global electronics giant LG, supplier of Phono Solar at Solar Power UK in Birmingham this week. Waxman enthuses that its product portfolio, which ranges across solar PV and solar thermal, will be of particular interest to architects, developers or homeowners looking to go eco-friendly.

Stephen Cirell, one of the most well known experts on local governmental law, has today published a book which confirms that solar PV is still a good option for local authorities and other public bodies.

Patrick Allcorn, the Head of Scheme Design of the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), has called for support from the UK solar thermal industry.

Major PV module manufacturer, SolarWorld, has established its first sales office in the UK and has completed training courses with over 50 companies from all parts of the country. The new subsidiary, which will be supporting both distributors and installers, is based in Salisbury, south of London. SolarWorld announced the news during Solar Power UK being held in Birmingham this week.

Yorkshire-based Solahart UK, a renewable energy company, has signed a supply deal with Australian solar firm Solahart. As part of the deal, Solahart UK has become the exclusive UK supplier of Solarhart solar thermal products made in Australia and Europe.

In a nutshell, microinverters convert direct current (DC) into alternating current (AC) for the grid directly from each individual solar panel, rather than through a central string inverter system, increasing the productivity, reliability and ease of installation of solar systems. The idea is not a new one, but for decades microinverter technology struggled to get off the ground.

It’s finally here, after months of planning and preparation the UK’s largest solar-dedicated event kicks off this morning at the NEC in Birmingham.

ET Solar Group has revealed that its multi-crystalline ET-P660240 module has shown high yield performance in the outdoor tests conducted by Photon Laboratory.

A 240kWp rooftop PV system has officially switched on at King’s Cross railway station in London. In addition to being one of the most iconic solar projects in the UK, the £1.3 million project is also said to be one of the largest and most complex BIPV systems in the country.