The energy minister John Hayes has been moved from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to become a senior consultant at 10 Downing Street.
Bentley Motor’s factory in Crewe is now home to the UK’s largest rooftop solar PV array following the completion of a 5MW installation by Lightsource Renewable Energy.
The former RAF North Creake Airfield in Norfolk will soon be home to 80,000 solar panels after British Solar Renewables successfully secured planning permission for a 20MW solar farm.
Germany-based solar developer ib vogt is working with Chinese solar manufacturer Hanwha SolarOne to complete two new large-scale solar projects in the UK.
The European Union should introduce universal renewable energy support mechanisms for all member states to reduce tension between conflicting policies.
The smaller-scale solar PV market in the UK is continuing to recover and grow slowly following the introduction of a new feed-in tariff (FiT) degression model.
Leicester-based Greenologic has launched the Eliso4you – a single device that is capable of monitoring the output of a solar PV array, the level of grid exchange and the overall household consumption.
