Clean Energy

Solar Energy UK | Clean Energy Live 2016 will open its doors at 9am tomorrow morning and at this very moment, the final touches are being made to the show floor.

The annual Solar Power Portal and Clean Energy Awards, sponsored by Trina Solar, takes place this Wednesday evening and Michael Fereday, customer solutions manager at Rexel Energy Solutions, which has sponsored this year’s Residential Energy Storage category, says this year’s event is important to recognise companies at the forefront of the industry’s evolution.

Solar installations used by companies to export power to the grid are to be spared from rising costs after the Solar Trade Association (STA) successfully signed a provisional agreement meaning these systems will in fact see a decrease in business rates.

Scottish Water has pledged to spend £9 million over the next three years on a number of solar projects in the single biggest investment in the technology by the utility.

BYD has officially launched its “B-BOX” in the UK – an energy storage system for household and commercial applications featuring the same battery technology used in buses running throughout central London

Electricity storage and energy efficiency product manufacturer, Powervault, has collaborated with Solar Power Portal to conduct a survey of the electricity storage market in the UK.

JA Solar said it had withdrawn from the European Union’s Minimum Import Price (MIP) agreement, becoming the latest module manufacturer to do so.

Solarwatt has continued its push into the UK market by appointing Wind & Sun as its distribution partner, which will offer Solarwatt’s advanced renewable-energy generation and management systems to installers across the country.

In his latest blog for Solar Power Portal ahead of his appearance at next week’s Clean Energy Live exhibition, Stephen Cirell looks at the latest trend in the local authority solar sector which has seen councils buying up ready-made sites instead of committing to building their own.

Investment specialist Downing has launched its latest crowd bond seeking to raise £2.7 million for the refinancing of a residential solar portfolio in Colchester.