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Over 50 Greenpeace activists staged a protest at Centrica’s headquarters yesterday, barricading the front of the office with the ‘world’s biggest energy bill’.

BISOL Group has launched its newest collection of premium quality photovoltaic BISOL Peak Performance modules with anti-reflective glass, first revealed to the solar trade at this year’s Ecobuild.

Cherwell Council has installed two large-scale solar arrays to help meet the council’s ambitious sustainable goals.

ABB has extended its central inverter series to include the new 630 kilowatt (kW) PVS800. The new central inverter has a very high total efficiency with one of the most compact designs on the market.

The Solar Schools project, launched by carbon cutting organisation 10:10 in conjunction with Mumsnet, is set to help 100 schools receive solar panels.

The energy regulator Ofgem has come under renewed pressure after figures obtained by the Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Caroline Flint, show that the energy watchdog awarded staff in excess of £640,000 in bonuses over the last two years.

The UK solar industry is today anticipating the future feed-in tariff rates as we move from the month of April into May. After Government announced its intention to base the new rates on installation figures seen between March 3 and the end of April 2012, all eyes have been on the FiT database.

Ofgem, the administrator for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, has revealed serious problems with the application process after initial figures show that 95 percent of all applicants are returned.

The UK might be set to install a new electricity power connection that will see the country share renewable energy resources with Denmark.

A new international certification scheme for small scale renewable energy has been proposed by prominent UK solar industry players. The International Renewable Energy Certification Organisation (IRECO) was introduced to energy ministers who attended the Clean Energy Ministerial last week in London.