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Sanyo Component Europe, a subsidiary of Sanyo Electric, has revealed that as of April next year the branding of its well-known HIT1 solar modules will change from Sanyo to Panasonic. The move comes as part of a wider strategic move to consolidate branding across multiple areas under the Panasonic brand.

Solar industry members have now been told that there is a “high level of certainty” that the proposed feed-in tariff rates will remain at 21p until after April 2012. This news casts aside fears that…

A newly constructed City College Plymouth facility, supported by ABB, is set to encourage the uptake of energy efficient, sustainable technologies in industrial, commercial and residential projects in the UK. The ABB Energy Centre has been designed to connect education and industry with the latest low carbon technology and methods.

After running a full 36 hours over the allotted time, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting, which was assembled in Durban, agreed on the “Durban Platform for Enhanced Action”. The legally enforceable agreement requires all nations to cut carbon emissions from 2020.

Today marks deadline day for solar photovoltaics installations in the UK, which will receive heavily reduced feed-in tariff payments from April next year if Government pursues its latest policy proposal.

After Solar Power Portal last week reported that PV installations in the UK had begun to tail off, the latest DECC data reveals that a total of 83.121MW was added to the MCS database last week…

Survey results published today by Sharp Solar highlight that almost three quarters (71 percent) of UK homeowners do not know how much the feed-in tariff (FiT) is costing the average household. These results come out just days before Government’s proposal to cut the FiT rate by as much as 50 percent takes effect, a move which DECC cited as necessary due to the increasing cost of PV incentives to UK homeowners.

The 2011 annual National Insulation Association (NIA) conference was bigger than ever with more than 300 industry delegates and external guests gathering at Harrogate Conference Centre. With the Green Deal, Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and new EPC requirements high on Government’s agenda, it is no surprise that this year’s event saw its largest ever attendance.

Bavarian solar specialist Antaris Solar has been awarded accreditation under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) for its range of mono- and polycrystalline modules.

The European Commission has confirmed that the UK could face legal action over its plans to more than halve subsidies for solar on December 12.