Solar Media Staff

Glasgow-based Absolute Solar and Wind is expanding its footprint in the north of Scotland by opening new premises in Inverness and Aberdeen.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has revealed that it will launch a second phase to the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) scheme, while delaying the rollout of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) until 2013.

The Energy Advice Line has criticised utility firms over engaging in unnecessary battles with small firms over billing errors. Julian Morgan, Managing Director, said “increasing numbers of firms needed help to get redress for supplier mistakes.”

Tharsus Design and Engineering and ITM Power have launched HBox Solar, a solar photovoltaic powered hydrogen generator able to utilise solar energy to generate hydrogen using its own patented HCore electrolyser.

Northumbria University has developed a formula to help predict the impact electric vehicles (EV) will have on the national grid. The new formula was developed as a collaborative effort between the University and the Charge your Car project, a Government programme that is overseeing the rollout of over 1,000 electric car charging points across the North East.

Kingspan Roof PowerPanel solar modules have been installed atop two potato storage buildings at Levenham Fen Farm in Cambridgeshire.

The Premier Inn has embraced solar photovoltaic technology, installing arrays at ten Premier Inn hotels across the South of England. Whitbread, Premier Inn’s parent company hopes that its solar initiative will help it realise its ambition of achieving a 26 percent reduction in its carbon emissions be 2020.

Opus Green has installed a 40-panel solar photovoltaics system at an alpaca farm in Northumberland. The farm, which houses both alpacas and sheep, is now self-sufficient.

Welshpool-based Organic Energy and 7 Energy of Shrewsbury have come together to complete a 225kWp solar project. The scheme, which utilised an investment of £1.2 million, saw more than 2,300 panels installed in Shropshire and Mid Wales, including a ground mounted array of 1,200 panels at Comberton Poultry Farm in Ludlow.

According to the latest research from YouGov, 71 percent of UK consumers are concerned about where their energy is sourced. The data, which was released today by 100 percent renewable electricity provider Good Energy, is based on responses from 2,100 adults in February 2012.