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Despite promises from the government, the ‘green rocket-boosters’ that have supposedly been put under the commercial rooftop sector have failed to fire. Michael Kaeflein delves into the results of his end user survey to find out why progress remains slow

Despite its much-vaunted benefits and undoubted potential, the commercial rooftop solar industry has yet to take off as many would have hoped. Few notable projects have gotten off the ground and the struggles of tempting companies to fit solar arrays to the roofs of their facilities have been well documented.

For me, Ecobuild was a flying visit. I had just four hours on the first day to get around and see what I could before hopping back on the train to Sheffield. While the whole of Ecobuild is fascinating for me, the project for which I work is based around solar PV, so that’s the quarter where I spent most of my time.

The government will soon be responding to the Shared Ownership Taskforce report, published last November. It may even be published by the end of this week. It will be interesting to see which interpretation of the report it responds to, as there seem to be two.

The government will soon be responding to the Shared Ownership Taskforce report, published last November. It may even be published by the end of this week. It will be interesting to see which interpretation of the report it responds to, as there seem to be two.

The government will soon be responding to the Shared Ownership Taskforce report, published last November. It may even be published by the end of this week. It will be interesting to see which interpretation of the report it responds to, as there seem to be two.

The government will soon be responding to the Shared Ownership Taskforce report, published last November. It may even be published by the end of this week. It will be interesting to see which interpretation of the report it responds to, as there seem to be two.

The government will soon be responding to the Shared Ownership Taskforce report, published last November. It may even be published by the end of this week. It will be interesting to see which interpretation of the report it responds to, as there seem to be two.

Martin Cotterell argues that the solar industry needs something in place to make sure that battery systems are sold appropriately; there is the potential for customers getting charged loads extra for a battery ‘add-on’ that doesn’t really give them a whole lot of benefit.

Jerry Hamilton argues why a maturing market is revealing a need for testing and maintenance.