So “what actually happens during G59 commissioning” is a question I was asked earlier this week. It came up, as we had been doing exactly that, deep in the bowels of Kings Cross Station.
After a rollercoaster 12 months for the solar industry, Carbomat believes that next week’s SPUK event couldn’t have come at a better time, giving industry the perfect platform to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead.
Official statistics released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change show that the UK’s 1.38GW of installed solar capacity generated 0.5TWh of electricity in the second quarter of 2012.
Power-One will be introducing both its largest and smallest PV inverters to the UK market at this year’s Solar Power UK: the AURORA ULTRA and the AURORA MICRO.
Bradford Cathedral has become the first cathedral in the UK to generate its own electricity from the sun, thanks to a solar system installed by Cumbria-based solar specialists, Sundog Energy.
Steve Wade, Managing Director of Herefordshire-based renewable specialist, Wind & Sun, recently presented a paper on a pioneering renewable off-grid energy system at the 2012 Symposium on Micro-grids in Evora, Portugal.
Chiswick-based solar distributor, Alternergy has announced that it has recently been awarded Platinum Partner status from REC as well as being named a Suntech Official Partner.
Nick Clegg has issued a stark warning to the Conservatives that the Liberal Democrats have not forgotten David Cameron’s environmental promises in the run-up to the general election.
The Co-operative Bank has announced a dramatic increase in the number of renewable energy products it has funded. Throughout 2012, increased demand from developers looking to invest in renewable solutions drove to an almost tripling of lending.