The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) yesterday sent out revised Scheme Operating Requirements affecting all Energy Performance of Buildings Directive products in the UK.
Solar PV manufacturer and wholesaler Antaris Solar has signed a co-operation agreement with Wynnstay Group, which offers an extensive range of farming products, in a bid to better serve solar installers working in the agricultural sector.
Independent energy supplier Opus Energy has launched a £10,000 video competition to help fund energy projects run by UK charities, community groups and not-for-profit organisations.
A solar research team at the University of Oxford have been awarded the Materials Science Venture Prize by the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers to help develop technology that will reduce the manufacturing costs of new-generation solar photovoltaic cells.
Parity Projects is now in the final stages of launching a project designed to open up Government’s upcoming Green Deal to organisations of all sizes. The Green Deal Conduit will build a network of small and medium sized organisations involved in the assessment and refurbishment buildings throughout the UK. To date SMEs have voiced concerns that the scheme will only benefit larger companies.
PV product manufacturer Motech Industries has recently been awarded with UK accreditation for its range of solar inverters. The certificate of compliance with the Engineering Recommendation (ER) G59/2 was issued by the Energy Networks Association (ENA).
Solar PV manufacturing specialist Trina Solar has today announced the launch of the Trina Solar Training Academy, which will deliver online seminars and on-site workshops for distribution partners and installers working with Trina Solar products in the UK.
The latter months of 2011 and first half of 2012 saw global investment in renewable energy reach new, unprecedented heights. Solar power has now surpassed wind power as the most popular renewable technology for investment and here in the UK our solar market emerged onto the international photovoltaic (PV) scene thanks to the tried and tested method of feed-in tariff (FiT) reduction.
According to Government’s latest Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices report the UK generated a record amount of renewable energy during the first quarter of 2012. More than 11 percent of the country’s electricity generation was attributed to output from solar, wind and renewable heat sources during this period.
