Solar Media Staff

A revolutionary outdoor gym that harnesses the power generated by those exercising and turns it into electricity has been unveiled in Hull.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has appointed Dr Jeff Chapman as the Chair of the new Carbon Capture and Storage Cost Reduction Task Force.

Leeds-based GMI Renewable Energy has changed its trading name to ‘GMI Energy’. The construction services group has rebranded its renewables division to better reflect the wider scope of capabilities offered by the group.

Over 50 Greenpeace activists staged a protest at Centrica’s headquarters yesterday, barricading the front of the office with the ‘world’s biggest energy bill’.

BISOL Group has launched its newest collection of premium quality photovoltaic BISOL Peak Performance modules with anti-reflective glass, first revealed to the solar trade at this year’s Ecobuild.

Fairly understandably, I am getting a large number of enquires on the likely publication date for Edition 3 of the solar PV installation guide. The short answer is that I don’t know – but there is an MCS PV working group this Thursday that will hopefully provide the answer.

Cherwell Council has installed two large-scale solar arrays to help meet the council’s ambitious sustainable goals.

ABB has extended its central inverter series to include the new 630 kilowatt (kW) PVS800. The new central inverter has a very high total efficiency with one of the most compact designs on the market.

The Solar Schools project, launched by carbon cutting organisation 10:10 in conjunction with Mumsnet, is set to help 100 schools receive solar panels.

The energy regulator Ofgem has come under renewed pressure after figures obtained by the Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Caroline Flint, show that the energy watchdog awarded staff in excess of £640,000 in bonuses over the last two years.