Solar Media Staff

The Planning and Climate Change Coalition has published the first sector-led environmental planning guidance since the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) took effect last month.

This morning ministers from around the globe gathered in London for the third Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM3). Meeting to discuss international co-operation on low-carbon energy, and ways of encouraging businesses to invest in greener technologies, CEM3 is designed as a stepping stone to reaching binding carbon targets.

SMA has partnered with the British Photovoltaic Association (BPVA) to launch a new children’s book designed to explain the impact of fossil fuels and renewable energy.

Given the growth in solar PV installations in the last couple of years, news of what is believed to be the UK’s first PV system fire should not, perhaps, have been unexpected.

Last week, Solar Power Portal reported the unfortunate story of Balby residents Dennis and Patricia Jennings, who were conned out of £1,500 by Yorkshire Solar Panels Ltd. The solar company secured the money as a deposit but failed to install any panels, before apparantly disappearing.

Environmental charity, Friends of the Earth, is calling on Government to demonstrate global leadership at the international Clean Energy Summit hosted in London by committing the nation to a fossil fuel free electricity system by 2030.

When C Changes Ltd was contracted to install a solar PV system on Derbyshire-based church it was faced with a challenge. Unlike the more familiar domestic installations, this project required in-depth discussions with both English Heritage and the Lead Sheet Association (LSA).

A Kilmacolm farmer has converted from horse power to solar power by installing a 40-panel solar installation at West Glen Farm.

Caplor Energy has recently completed a 48kWp solar installation for a Brecon-based Garden Centre. The system, which forms part of the Old Railway Line Garden Centre’s redevelopment programme, will help reduce carbon emissions while increasing annual income.

The Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Greg Barker, today launched the Renewable Energy Association’s (REA) landmark paper, ‘Renewable energy: Made in Britain’, the first to attempt to accurately detail the renewables landscape in Britain.