Plans have emerged this week for a 30MW solar farm, intended to be developed on a former RAF airfield in Suffolk. The site, which spans 150-acres, could power the equivalent of 7,000 homes for a full year if permission is granted.
The rising cost of energy has long had an impact on business profitability; in fact over the past 15 years the compound average annual electricity price increase for a medium-sized business has been almost four percent, which is twice the rate of inflation. This is a concern for UK companies, which are currently exploring ways to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
Oxfordshire-based solar company Evergreen PV has now expanded its wholesale services to cover the entire UK, sourcing products for both domestic and commercial projects.
The British Photovoltaics Association (BPVA) has today published the UK Solar PV Industry Charter, which sets out how the UK solar industry is delivering significant opportunities to the UK and its economy, and how it intends to continue to deliver these benefits in partnership with Government.
Enevis, in partnership with the Apollo Group, has completed one of the largest multi-installation solar projects in London. After being awarded the contract in January this year the company managed to install a total of 500 systems in Walthamstow in a space of just three months.
In a bid to reduce the evident risk involved in low carbon investment the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has set up a working group in partnership with Anglia Ruskin University designed to help mobilise private investment in climate change solutions.
The Collection Building in Lincoln now features a 4.80kWp array of solar panels, installed as part of a £1.1 million project designed to reduce the museum’s energy bills and reduce CO2 emissions.
Providing a boost for both the UK economy and the solar industry a Midlands-based company has today revealed plans to build a 30MW solar photovoltaics manufacturing plant in the UK.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has today announced that from April 2013 all businesses listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange will have to openly report their levels of greenhouse gas emissions. The requirements will not cover private companies or those listed on the Alternative Investment Market.
Ireland’s Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD will today meet with the UK’s Energy Minister Charles Hendry, MP to discuss a potential inter-governmental agreement around the trading of electricity, particularly electricity that is generated from renewables.
