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Visitors to this year’s Solar Power UK event in Birmingham were introduced to Nedap’s new PowerRouter system, designed to help solar owners get the most benefit from the electricity generated on site.

Midlands-based solar distributor, EH Smith, has announced two new partnerships that it hopes will strengthen its current product offering.

A new report from Ofgem has warned that the high level of spare capacity in the UK electricity market is “set to end quite rapidly over the next few years.” The report shows that spare electricity margins might fall from the current 14 percent average today to just 4 percent by 2015/16.

Conergy’s restructuring strategies do not appear to have hindered its progress, having signed a deal with distributor Waxman Energy to improve access to Conergy products across the UK.

Electrical distributor, Rexel, is debuting a brand new energy monitoring solution at Solar Power UK in the NEC, Birmingham. Nick Smith, Rexel UK’s Development Director and Alan Hector, Rexel UK’s Business Development Manager were on hand to talk me through the new ‘Measure My Energy’ service the company will be offering over the coming months.

Energeno, a developer and supplier of energy monitoring systems including the Wattson Solar Plus energy monitor, has launched its new Opti-Range of products at Solar Power UK 2012 which is being held this week in Birmingham at the NEC.

SunPower Corporation has signed up Sungift Solar to two of its partnership programmes at Solar Power UK 2012, a trade show being held in Birmingham at the NEC this week.

Romag, like the majority of the UK solar market, has had an interesting year. The speed and severity of the feed-in tariff cuts has seen the domestic market stutter and caught the company somewhat off-guard. However, despite market externalities Romag has had a successful year, from iconic installations to innovative technological developments.

Samil Power has brought its SolarRiver, SolarLake and SolarOceanseries inverters to Solar Power UK in Birmingham this week. The company is also displaying its Dual MPPT string inverters and smart mounting systems.

JA Solar has partnered with UK distributor Zenex Solar at Solar Power UK, being held this week in Birmingham, to showcase its new Cypress Solar Cells.