Solar Media Staff

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has revealed that the framework underpinning the Green Deal has been approved by the House of Lords, in keeping with the department’s stated October launch date.

Slough-based solar wholesaler, Antaris Solar, has launched a pair of stand-alone, portable photovoltaic systems. The eKiss Box and its smaller sibling, the Mini eKiss Box, have been designed to allow users to generate power in off-grid locations such as stables, outbuildings, sheds, camp sites, hunting cabins or holiday homes.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has indicated that it will be presenting its decisions on Renewable Obligation banding tomorrow after a protracted disagreement over wind subsidies between George Osborne and Ed Davey has apparently come to an end.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has launched a new low carbon heating scheme designed to allow community-based organisations to embrace renewable heating measures by bidding for a share of £8 million under the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP).

The aerodrome at Dunsfold Park in Surrey is infamous as the home of BBC’s Top Gear test track and studios. However, the park now has another claim to fame; Dunsfold Park has become one of the nation’s only business parks to be fed entirely on ‘green energy’.

The fallout from the FiT fiasco last year saw many solar PV projects cancelled. However, after PV costs reduced by 50 percent last year and a further 30 percent this year, have you been too quick to cancel the project?

Westmill Solar Cooperative is racing towards its £4 million target, after receiving nearly 800 applications interested in buying a share of the 5MW solar farm at Watchfield, near Swindon.

The Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECC) has delivered a damning verdict over the Treasury’s move to water down proposals in the draft Energy Bill for the upcoming Electricity Market Reform (EMR), due to be introduced this autumn. The committee of MPs has warned that the bill could impose unnecessary costs on consumers, lead to less competition and deter badly needed investment.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced the results of February’s Phase 2B consultation today to mixed industry reaction. 

Independent energy supplier, Opus Energy, has completed its 250th renewable generator contract after agreeing to purchase the electricity generated by Milford Haven Port Authority’s solar arrays.