Solar Media Staff

The countrywide roll out of energy smart meters will now be managed by the Government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), as opposed to the original plan for industry regulator Ofgem to oversee the transition.

Despite the bitter cold weather that is forcing us all to turn our heating up more than we would prefer, solar energy schemes are ploughing forward in the UK. Renewable energy provider, Engensa is just one…

Cornwall Council has issued a Public Tender Notice for its solar power plant plans. The Council says it has posted this notice to advertise its intention to establish a framework agreement for contractors to be appointed for the design, build, operation and maintenance of solar energy generation projects located within the UK regions of Cornwall, Plymouth and Devon.

Green energy firms Romag and Cleaner Air Solutions UK are collaborating on a project to create the largest solar panel installation in the North-East. Under the terms of the agreement, Romag, the photovoltaic glass specialist, will install solar photovoltaics on Cleaner Air Solutions’ factory in Consett, County Durham. The work, scheduled for completion before Christmas, will bring more than half a megawatt of solar power…

The McKenna family, who have already gone to great lengths to improve the energy efficiency of the their home by installing cavity wall and loft insulation and fitting a solar thermal system, approached Eco Environments in order to add solar photovoltaics into the mix.

A recent survey conducted by Farming Futures and Solarcentury has found that 80% of farmers in the UK want to have solar photovoltaics installation on their roofs within the next three years. These results prove that farmers’ interest in generating renewable electricity has increased dramatically since the…

Energy Minister Charles Hendry has announced that developers of new large-scale renewable electricity projects will get earlier and greater certainty about how much support they will receive under the Renewables Obligation from 2013. New utility project developers will now have more of an idea of the support they will…

Liverpool- based Eco-Environments has opened new offices in Manchester, Tamworth, Penrith, and most recently, Darlington, in a bid to cater for the increased demand for renewable energy in the UK. Eco-Environments’ team of 20 employees designs, installs and commissions renewable energy…

UK-based specialist glass developer, Romag is reportedly entangled in a row over a £2.3 million charge with a supplier of solar photovoltaic cells used in the manufacture of solar glass. The company said that its supplier was no longer able to deliver the required product and had asked Romag to take a different type.

Minister of State for Energy Charles Hendry has revealed plans for a new scheme which will pay guzzlers to use less during peak energy demand periods. In a bid to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions, the scheme will reward big power consumers for each ‘negawatt’ of capacity they switch off.