Solar Media Staff

Following the launch of the Co-operative Group’s ethical plan 12 months ago, the group has surpassed expectations, exceeding many of the original targets.

Ofgem has published a new table on its website outlining the feed-in tariff rates as of April 1 this year. Thanks to an annual boost from the Retail Price Index, some microgenerator’s FiT income will increase to 45.4p per kilowatt hour from that date.

Maidstone-based fruit and vegetable growers who supply some of the UK's largest supermarkets, JL Baxter & Sons, has installed a solar array at Amsbury Farm.

Taunton’s College has had a 3.92kWp solar PV system installed by Southern Solar as part of the continued refurbishment of the college science block. The solar array will not only reduce the college’s utility bills and lower its carbon emissions; it will also be used in science lessons to help improve students’ understanding of solar energy and the benefit of renewable energy generation.

EPH Maintenance & Solar Services has moved into a new industrial unit at Langlands Place, East Kilbride in Glasgow.

A coalition of businesses has published an open letter praising the newly-appointed Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Davey.

Hertford-based Riversmead Housing Association has called for “considerable changes” to Government’s Green Deal scheme, to help it support the poorest of its tenants.

E.ON has launched a nationwide search for the next generation of energy products and services.

A123 Systems, a developer and manufacturer of advanced batteries and systems, is set to supply six Grid Battery Systems (GBSs) to Northern Powergrid, an electricity distribution network operator that delivers power to more than 3.8 million customers in the U.K.

Two Fife-based organisations have been awarded a grant of £26,000 as part of the People’s Postcode Lottery’s Dream Fund.