Blogs

With well under 100 working days left for solar to get to grips with the contracts for difference regime, Gaynor Hartnell draws comfort from the industry’s early efforts to rally round and make the most of the situation.

The possible shift away from the renewable obligation (RO) scheme for large projects from April 2015 has had an abrupt effect on the UK project pipeline. NPD Solarbuzz’s Finlay Colville explores how the outlook to 2017 has changed since DECC’s announcement.

The net is closing on those bypassing anti-dumping regulations knowingly or otherwise – buyers beware, warns Jerry Hamilton.

Change doesn’t happen until its impact can be felt or seen by people at home. We might switch home insurance providers if our neighbour tells us about the great deal they have and where we can get hold of it, and the same concept applies to rooftop solar PV. If the local school or office block reduces its energy consumption through the installation of solar panels, the temptation to follow suit is increased.

Weather in the UK is famous for being a bit unpredictable. As a result, we often find people are still wary as to the value of installing solar technologies, despite the increase in uptake over the last few years.

DECC recently put out plans for consultation into new ways to support community energy projects. Hannah Lovegrove explains why making sure communities take part in that and understand how a project can benefit them will be crucial.

Stuart Elmes argues that if you think the domestic RHI isn’t as attractive as the feed-in tariff, you’re doing the maths wrong

That the government consultation on cutting solar subsidies wasn’t altogether unexpected, made it no less of a blow for the UK solar sector.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s review of large-scale solar support is the death knell of the marginal technology idea, argues Gaynor Hartnell

Jerry Hamilton looks at voltage optimisation technology – explaining exactly what it does and the role it can play in helping reduce energy usage