Solar Media Staff

A loophole in the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) feed-in tariff policy documents is set to be closed as companies rush to take advantage of higher incentive rates. The escape clause, which is only just beginning to gain publicity after being suppressed by DECC for some time, provides UK project…

Working to clean up the often dirty transport image, Bournemouth Airport has installed a 74.98kWp solar photovoltaic array as part of its £45m redevelopment programme. By utilising the technology at its new arrivals hall the seaside location is now believed to house Europe’s first carbon neutral airport building. 

The UK solar industry is booming and is set to expand even more in the coming years. With the cost of energy continuing to rise, domestic and commercial users are looking at alternative forms of savings, generating energy themselves, and with Government incentives enabling owners to earn money by feeding their electricity back into the national grid, renewable energy technologies are proving to be a popular choice.

Government has today revealed a £15 million scheme to encourage households across the UK to go green. The ‘Renewable Heat Premium’, which will run from August 1 this year until March 2012, will support up to 25,000 installations countrywide.

Under a new solar module supply deal, Wagner Solar UK will distribute 4.2MW of ET Solar modules during the second half of 2011. Wagner has been procuring PV modules from ET Solar for more than a year.

Overcoming the constraints of the fast-track review once more, Lark Energy has this week completed its second large-scale solar park in the UK. Following the successful commissioning of the 4.89MWp Hawton solar farm, the 4.51MWp project at Marston, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, is now generating solar energy for…

REB2B has supplied the modules and inverters for a 74.3kW industrial rooftop installation at PFG Fabrication in Bampton, Mid Devon.  Comprising 354 Sovello SV-X210 PV modules, the completed system exceeds the 50kW limit imposed by Government, and therefore beats the feed-in tariff cuts due on the first of next month.

British Gas is launching a new initiative that will help customers reduce the upfront cost of installing solar panels and other green technologies. The British Gas Home Energy Plan will protect customers from rising energy prices by enabling them to install efficiency measures with the help of a fixed-term loan.

Countrywide has become the latest UK firm to embrace the green revolution by launching a renewable energy division. The Worcestershire-based firm, which specialises in providing products and services for the rural community, chose this year’s Royal Welsh Show in Llanelwedd to unveil its new business venture that will offer an independent service to farmers looking to build renewable energy projects.

By installing a large field-based solar array, Cornish holiday company The Olde House in Chapel Amble will significantly reduce its annual energy bills. By connecting to the National Grid, the 242kW field-based array, which is one of the first in the area, pipped Government’s feed-in tariff cuts to the post.