Yesterday afternoon renewable industry representatives gathered in London for the HOC Energy and Climate Change Committee: ‘Pre-legislative scrutiny of Draft Energy Bill.’
In preparation for the launch of Government’s flagship energy policy the National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies is expanding its training portfolio to offer courses on the Green Deal.
Sun & Alternative Technology Ltd (S.A.T.) has recently completed a 228kWp solar installation at Eastfield House, Huntingdonshire District Council’s CCTV control room, printing services, building control teams and the refuse and recycling fleet.
Adding to the recent influx of positive solar news Lark Energy has today announced that it has installed a total of 15MW of solar panels across the East of England and East Midlands in a combination of rooftop and solar farm projects. To date the company has installed approximately 65,000 photovoltaic panels which in total generate enough electricity to power 4,000 households.
In a bid to counteract the current consumer confusion surrounding the UK solar industry Conergy has launched a tracker system which highlights the long-term financial returns still available when installing solar panels.
Chiltern District Council has installed solar PV on the roof of the King George V Council Offices and the Chesham Leisure Centre in a bid to reduce rising energy costs and their dependence on electricity suppliers. The project was completed by InstaGen in November 2011.
Solar and wind projects developer TGC Renewables is set to open a London-based office where the company will be able to work directly with private equity, banks and pension funds. The new office will add to TGC’s existing Bristol and Glasgow operations.
Swansea-based Morgan Advanced Materials and Technology (AM&T) has installed a solar PV system as part of its drive to reduce the company’s overall consumption by 20 percent over the next 12 months.
Renewables developer, TGC Renewables, is set to apply for planning permission to develop a 40-acre site at Raymond’s Hill, near Axminster, into a 5MW solar park.
