Opinions

Increased media appetite for criticising renewables would have you believe that green technologies are causing household bills to escalate but what’s the real reason?

Travelling from London to South Wales you’d expect the weather to take a turn for the worst as you exit the Severn Bridge (or Pont Hafren for our Welsh-speaking readers). Yesterday, however…

Last year was a watershed year for the PV installation market. Analyst house IMS research found that despite a relatively weak start to the year, global installations rose by 24 percent from 2010 – up to 24GW from 19GW…

DECC has published some FAQ’s on the Feed in tariff …

Tomorrow DECC will publish its long-anticipated response to the consultation on its controversial cuts to the solar feed-in tariff rate,  mapping out the future route of the solar industry.

The Court of Appeal’s decision may open the door for another surge in orders for the UK market, but can the global market meet the demand?

I have recently Just come across PV module that’s marketed as 235Wp +7% to +12% To me that’s a 251Wp module with 0-5% variation in output At first I was thinking – perhaps this is just marketing hype – but on reflection I am not so sure it isn’t more significant…

One thing is certain about the Feed in Tariff at the moment – there is currently a lot of uncertainty!

Yesterday morning we uncovered the news that Government was set to lock in the future of the UK solar industry by publishing what feed-in tariff rates will look like until at least April 1, 2012. Offering some much-needed, long-awaited, certainty to our extremely frustrated industry, the announcement has brought a welcome…

The Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) is used to assess the energy performance of dwellings and includes a section to estimate the annual performance of a solar PV system. PV installers should be very familiar with the PV – SAP calculation as it is the method currently proscribed under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS).