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Long Sutton Primary School in Lincolnshire now features a 9.66kW solar system, which was installed by Lark Energy. Local company Eco Building Products supplied the photovoltaic panels for the system, which is situated on the roof of the building.

MCS accredited solar panel manufacturer Sanyo has now extended the guarantee period for its HIT solar modules to 10 years. This increased assurance comes after only 50 modules out of more than two million were returned to the Hungary-based manufacturing facility by the end of March this year.

Warwick University spinout Molecular Solar is to raise £5 million to create its own bespoke technology facility in order to bring its lightweight, flexible solar cells to the mainstream marketplace.

Ikaros Solar UK, which was set up earlier this year by entrepreneur Richard Tyzack, has achieved Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) accreditation.  The South Wales-based subsidiary in Technium Springboard in Cwmbran, Wales has been backed by the Welsh Assembly Government through a £500,000 grant from the Single Investment Fund (SIF) over the next three years.

Providing a huge boost for the UK’s large-scale solar market, Canadian Solar, one of the world’s largest solar companies, has signed an agreement to provide 15MW of solar modules for three…

Goldbeck Solar, the Germany-based commercial solar provider, has completed a 515kWp rooftop system for the Weidenhammer Packaging Group in Bradford. Featuring 2,2021 Yingli photovoltaics modules, Group’s manufacturing building now features a system installed by Athos Solar, reinforcing the company’s environmental policy regarding sustainability, the society, its employees and the business sectors in which it operates.

Bourne-based Lark Energy has completed work on the first phase of a 76.5kWp photovoltaic installation at Spitfire Park, located on an industrial estate on Northfield Road in Market Deeping.

The new Scottish Government has exceeded all expectations and increased its renewable energy target to 100% by 2020. First Minister Alex Salmond pledged to move “still faster and further” to secure Scotland’s place as the green energy powerhouse of Europe.

Luton Borough Council has committed to a third party funded solar electricity scheme which will see the installation of solar panels on a number of social housing properties across the town.

Following on from Monday’s Green Investment Bank (GIB) announcement, Business Secretary Vince Cable has now revealed some of the finer details. In his progress report, Cable reveals more about how the bank will be governed, and what the business model will look like.