Solar Media Staff

The UK solar industry could be accused of being deeply cynical towards the Department of Energy and Climate Change and with good reason. Numerous mishandlings of the feed-in tariff scheme have led to various boom and bust scenarios over the last couple of years but, more importantly, deep cuts have left people without jobs.

I have been one of the speakers at the Solar Power UK – Coping with the Cuts road-show that has been running over the last few weeks … talking partly about the forthcoming changes to the PV guide and partly about Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)…

One of the UK’s largest solar photovoltaic installations is being protected by a security system provided by Optex which incorporates a number of the company’s award-winning Redscan laser detectors.

After successfully completing its first three stops along the Solar Power UK roadshow, the tour is set to continue today in London.

Lincolnshire Poacher cheese has turned to solar to help it become greener. The award-winning Lincolnshire cheese has been produced by brothers Tim and Simon Jones from their family farm near Ulceby for the last 20 years.

Dale Street Methodist Church has turned to midlands-based Eco2Solar to install solar panels on the church’s roof.

Local authorities in Lincolnshire have embraced solar, installing over 440kW of solar capacity across public buildings in Lincolnshire. Local contractors Seymour and Castle Ltd carried out the installations in conjunction with its partners Jetion Solar Europe as part of the Pro5 UK Framework Agreement.

Adverse weather conditions in the run up to the March 3 deadline might have caused some installers to miss out on registering FiT systems in time to beat DECC’s latest reference date.

A robotic falcon called Brian is keeping a beady eye over a new solar array at At-Bristol. The mechanical falcon has been charged with keeping seagulls away from the 50kWp array, to stop them from fouling the surface of the panels.

Increased media appetite for criticising renewables would have you believe that green technologies are causing household bills to escalate but what’s the real reason?