Editor’s Blog

A £15 million donation should never be sneezed at, especially when it relates to renewable energy, however many may find the news that British Gas has started a £15 million project to supply 1,100 schools with free solar systems worth between £20,000 and £40,000 pounds each, curious.

Now that April 1st has come and gone, all eyes are firmly focused on the UK renewable energy market. With a strong feed-in tariff provided generously by the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), which pays 41.3p/kWh of solar photovoltaic energy generated, everyone is eager to see whether the amount of solar installations in the country is really going to be as high as hoped.

The UK government announced its plans to concentrate on renewable energy and the policies fit for this move in July this year, what follows this announcement, we are all eager to find out. There were many lengthy documents outlining separate aspects of the plans, yet all seem to be pointing towards one thing: the fact that nothing is yet set in stone….