Emma Hughes, Editor of Solar Power Portal, has resigned. After three years at the head of Solar Media’s UK editorial team, she is stepping down on September 7 to become Deputy Editor of Industrial Minerals at Euromoney.
Lincolnshire-based solar installer Lark Energy has announced plans to install a 30MW solar park on the site of Ellough Airfield in Suffolk. The move follows similar applications for 30MW parks at Stradishall Airfield in Suffolk and Wymesford Airfield in Leicestershire.
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.
