In the first of a two-part feature, Finlay Colville, discusses the progress within the UK PV industry over the first six months of 2013. Colville confirms the new PV capacity added in the UK during 1H’13 and how this compares to global PV installations and prior first-half periods in the UK back to 2010.
Small-scale PV storage has not yet taken off in the UK. However, the necessary technical and commercial drivers could kick in soon and rapidly change this situation, and when they do, we need to be ready, says Martin Cotterell
Despite all the benefits energy storage provides to the grid and generators and its integral part in the future of solar PV in the UK, it is not yet a financially viable investment for any distinct part of the value chain.
Watching the large-scale solar parliament debate yesterday, I was very saddened that solar developers were accused of falsifying information in advertising specifically with regards to the growth of grass underneath and around the panels
This week it emerged that no UK homes have yet completed a Green Deal plan since the government’s flagship policy was launched at the start of the year. Charlotte Webster argues that the money spent on publicising the scheme should instead have been spent on communicating the merits of solar power, a positive proposition that suffers from an image problem.
