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Renewable energy project developer, RES Group has appointed David Coyne as Managing Director of its Inbuilt division.

The latest solar installation figures appear to show that the UK solar market is finally stabilising. After weeks of concern surrounding a significant dip in demand the numbers released today by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) seem to show that the market may be starting to get back on track.

Autarco, an international renewable energy company, will become the first company to supply single brand complete PV systems to the UK market.

Solar PV distributor Access Renewables has announced the addition of HJ Solar modules. The specialist distributor, based in Teesside, will become one of a handful of distributors across Europe to stock the Chinese manufacturer’s panels.

Prime Minister, David Cameron has announced that major new business deals with Norway will create thousands of jobs and billions of pounds of investment in the UK energy sector.

Two British technology stalwarts, IQE and XP Power, have joined forces to warn that almost a third of all renewable electricity generated in the UK is wasted. The companies have estimated that the process of inverting alternating current (AC) into direct current (DC) leads to 7,600GWh of electricity being lost.

It’s really no surprise that the popularity of solar technology in the UK has increased in recent years. Government introduced an incentive mechanism to drive uptake just as component costs took a sharp dive. As word began to spread across the country UK consumers flocked in their thousands to find out how they could get their hands on solar panels and how, most importantly, they could reduce their energy bills.

Solar photovoltaic specialist EvoEnergy has launched an interactive Energy Consumption Guide in an attempt to help the British public better understand how the UK’s energy consumption has changed since 1970.

Yorkshire has topped the UK renewable investment league for the period between April 1, 2011 to 31 March 2012. The UK’s largest county invested almost two billion pounds in renewable energy, creating over 5,400 in the process. 

Upbeat Energy has completed a bulk purchase project in Cambridgeshire, involving the installation of solar PV on more than 75 local buildings.