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A video re-cap of all the highlights and insight from day two of Solar Energy UK 2015 as the conference continues at Birmingham’s NEC.

Every 1GW addition of solar that comes onto the grid, whether large-scale or domestic PV, reduces the wholesale price of electricity by £35 million, according to a Good Energy report, which is expected to come out in the next two weeks.

Some of the ‘more altruistic councils’ may be prepared to install solar PV on social housing with zero rates of return or even negative returns due to the social benefit, according to Chris Jardine, technical director, Joju Solar, who was speaking at Solar Energy UK today.

The government’s proposals to cut the feed-in tariff by up to 87% have resulted in “huge question marks” over housing associations’ drive to install solar on their rooftops, according to installer Solarplicity.

Rolling coverage as the second day of Solar Energy UK gets underway at the NEC in Birmingham.

Solarcentury founder and world renowned environmentalist Jeremy Leggett has won the Solar Power Portal outstanding achievement award at this year’s Solar Power Portal Awards, held last night at The Vox, Birmingham NEC.

SMA Solar UK, a subsidiary of solar inverter provider SMA, will feature a portfolio of new solutions as part of its showcase at Solar Energy UK 2015.

A video re-cap of all the highlights and insight from day one of Solar Energy UK 2015, which kicked off this morning at Birmingham’s NEC.

One UK energy storage company has compared its latest venture to the energy trading markets of California ISO, as it prepares to pay its customers for providing vital grid services through their residential systems.

There is “nothing to worry about” regarding proposed cuts to the feed-in tariff but installers must become “smart contractors” and take much more of an interest in their customers’ overall energy needs to survive, a discussion panel at SEUK has concluded.