The three solar companies who issued DECC with a pre-action ‘letter before claim’ requesting £2.2 million in damages following ‘unlawful and unfair’ cuts to the feed-in tariff have been forced to turn to the High Court to settle its dispute.
Building on the success of its Solar Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Goldfield Partners has launched a £50 million fund for pension and charity investors looking to get involved in UK-based renewable energy.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released its prestigious list of the 23 most influential technology firms of 2013. Published annually since 2000, previously featured companies have included such household names as Foursquare, Scribd and Spotify.
Centrosolar’s newly-developed Cenpilot energy management system has been awarded a Plus X award for innovation, functionality and ecology – previous winners include BMW, Apple, Dyson, Bose and Porsche.
Last year, every single one of the so-called ‘Big Six’ energy suppliers raised their energy prices to unprecedented levels. As a result, many households up and down the UK struggled with the ugly spectre of fuel poverty.
Sharp’s solar manufacturing plant in Wrexham is to begin the production of polycrystalline black-on-black modules in August. Sharp hopes to manufacture 4,800 ND-R245A6 modules which will incorporate both black frames and black back film, with the possibility of expanding the production run if they prove successful.
Energie, the Portuguese solar thermal manufacturer, is offering its thermodynamic range of solar modules in Scotland and across the rest of the UK, thanks to a partnership with Scottish renewable specialists, Solar Electricity Systems.
April 1 brought with it another round of feed-in tariff cuts for the solar industry as well as an inevitable stall in installation levels. The introduction of the 16p tariff alongside the reduced 20-year lifetime has caused an 80 percent drop in solar panel installations.
