Solar Media Staff

The Collection Building in Lincoln now features a 4.80kWp array of solar panels, installed as part of a £1.1 million project designed to reduce the museum’s energy bills and reduce CO2 emissions.

Providing a boost for both the UK economy and the solar industry a Midlands-based company has today revealed plans to build a 30MW solar photovoltaics manufacturing plant in the UK.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has today announced that from April 2013 all businesses listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange will have to openly report their levels of greenhouse gas emissions. The requirements will not cover private companies or those listed on the Alternative Investment Market.

Ireland’s Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD will today meet with the UK’s Energy Minister Charles Hendry, MP to discuss a potential inter-governmental agreement around the trading of electricity, particularly electricity that is generated from renewables.

Yesterday afternoon renewable industry representatives gathered in London for the HOC Energy and Climate Change Committee: ‘Pre-legislative scrutiny of Draft Energy Bill.’

In preparation for the launch of Government’s flagship energy policy the National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies is expanding its training portfolio to offer courses on the Green Deal.

Sun & Alternative Technology Ltd (S.A.T.) has recently completed a 228kWp solar installation at Eastfield House, Huntingdonshire District Council’s CCTV control room, printing services, building control teams and the refuse and recycling fleet.

Adding to the recent influx of positive solar news Lark Energy has today announced that it has installed a total of 15MW of solar panels across the East of England and East Midlands in a combination of rooftop and solar farm projects. To date the company has installed approximately 65,000 photovoltaic panels which in total generate enough electricity to power 4,000 households.

In a bid to counteract the current consumer confusion surrounding the UK solar industry Conergy has launched a tracker system which highlights the long-term financial returns still available when installing solar panels.

Chiltern District Council has installed solar PV on the roof of the King George V Council Offices and the Chesham Leisure Centre in a bid to reduce rising energy costs and their dependence on electricity suppliers. The project was completed by InstaGen in November 2011.