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Solar photovoltaics distributor Rexel has released the results of its Global Energy Efficiency survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, discovering that lack of education on energy efficiency is holding the UK back when it comes to energy savings.

Brighton Energy Co-operative is set to launch a share offer to raise up to £500,000 for its first solar energy scheme in Brighton & Hove. The company hopes to offer local residents to opportunity to buy…

NextEnergy Capital has marked the completion of its first utility-scale solar PV installation in the UK with the launch of a new solar strategy for the country. The bank’s WiseEnergy subsidiary will offer asset management services to institutional solar investors in the UK.

The UK’s exclusive provider of Solar Frontier thin-film panels, Engensa has recently completed the country’s first ever installation of the panels. 

The Europe’s leading distributor of photovoltaic products Donauer Solartechnik will unveil the company’s new mounting frame – the Futura Siplex system with snap-in functions at the three day ‘Solar Power UK’ exhibition opening in Birmingham on October 26.

Crystalline solar module manufacturer Solarwatt has extended its product warranty for all modules from five to 10 years. For this period, the company guarantees all of its delivered modules will be free of material and processing defects effecting operation.

As part of Herefordshire’s h.Energy Week Leominster Community Solar Co-op will launch the first share issue for community ownership of its large solar photovoltaic array on the roof of the Bridge Street Sports Centre in Leominster. The 49kW array is expected to generate enough solar electricity to save approximately 22 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.

Centrosolar is to present its aerodynamic flat roof mounting system for photovoltaic modules at the Solar Power UK exhibition, which is taking place at the ICC in Birmingham from October 26 – 28. The CENIQ system, which was first unveiled back in June, enables photovoltaic systems to be installed on flat roofs with minimum weight load and without damaging the roof cladding.

A new and complete renewable data management service offered by the UK metering and billing specialist ENER-G Switch2 will help funders and landlords who have invested in solar energy to gain maximum benfit of the feed-in tariff revenue on time.

According to the latest REAL Assurance data an estimated 25,000 UK jobs have been created as a direct result of the feed-in tariff (FiT). Despite already exceeding all expectations, the Renewable Energy Association (REA) believes even this huge figure is likely to be underestimated as the REAL team only deals with companies working on small-scale installations.