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Joining the realms of the soon-to-be-uncommon large-scale roof installations in the UK, a 500kW system has been completed in Suffolk. Going Solar has now finished work on the £1.2 million project, which features a total of 2,200 solar panels.

At the upcoming Intersolar Europe trade fair in Munich, Centrosolar will present its aerodynamic flat roof mounting system for photovoltaic modules. Providing an alternative residential solution for customers in the UK, the new Ceniq system enables photovoltaic systems to be installed on flat roofs with minimum weight load and without damaging the roof cladding.

Further fueling fears that the world is not going to meet the emissions targets set for 2020, the latest research conducted by the International Energy Agency (IEA) discloses that energy…

British Gas, in partnership with River Cottage, has today launched the energyshare tariff, which will both promote renewable energy projects and provide households with the opportunity to have a say in where their energy comes from. By bringing its customers together both online and in person, the initiative will help…

Increasing its activities in the UK SolarEdge Technologies, the global provider of end-to-end solar power optimization systems, has formed a new distribution partnership with Cleaner Air Solutions. The company has already ordered 3MW of SolarEdge power optimizers and solar inverters in the first quarter of this year.

Boosting the amount of solar power in Wales, the United Welsh Housing Association and Torfaen County Borough Council have formed a purchasing consortium to let a one-year framework contract for the design, supply and installation of solar photovoltaic systems in the country.

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.