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Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has announced that the country will now join England in benefitting from the renewable heat incentive (RHI). Homeowners will also receive support for the installation of renewable heat technologies such as heat pumps, solar thermal or biomass boilers under the Renewable Heat Premium Payment.

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has launched the first internationally-recognised energy management standard to help organisations improve profitability, cut CO2 emissions and meet carbon budgets. The ISO 50001 will enable UK organisations to understand their baseline energy usage in order to decrease the amount they rely on and reduce their carbon footprint.

Our Generation, the energy services company set up in conjunction with the Mark Group, will work on a £10 million programme to install residential solar photovoltaic systems, which will be financed by the Foresight Group in the UK, over the next three months.

Caplor Energy has unveiled a 39kWp solar photovoltaic system on one of barn roofs at its farm base in Fownhope, Hereford. The system, which has an array of 208 panels on the south facing roof, is expected to generate over 30,000kWh a year.

Wagner Solar UK has revealed plans to set up a solar thermal space heating division in the UK. Headed up by Dan Oliver, who was a member of Wagner Solar’s PV sales team, the division will offer the same quality service but for solar thermal products.

Proving the quality of its own work, Greenman Solar installed this 3.52kW array at its own offices at Court Lodge Manor near Ashford in Kent.

Greenman Solar installed this 1.665kW system for a couple living on the coast at Greatstone, New Romney. Visible from the beachside garden, the panels provide an interesting view for passers by.

This 3.7kW solar photovoltaic installation has been completed today, June 14. Constructed on Romney Marsh near Dungeness Nuclear power station, the system saves approximately 2,200kg of carbon dioxide each year.

Concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) systems provider Circadian Solar has opened its second UK-based premises at the Viscount Centre on the University of Warwick Science Park. The new building will house a prototype manufacturing line for the pilot production of Circadian’s CPV systems.

Solon and the Sustainable Building Envelope Centre (SBEC) have jointly developed a new rooftop solar solution consisting of the Solon SOLbond system combined with Tata Steel’s Colorcoat Prisma pre-finished steel range. By bringing these two products together, the companies address the growing demand for an intelligent building system combining photovoltaics and metal roofing.