Commercial & Residential Solar

Lightsource Renewable Energy has completed the development of three different solar parks across the country. The largest of the new parks, located in Cambridgeshire, boasts a capacity of 5MW. The other two parks are located in Devon and are rated at 2.5MW and 3.5MW.

The Managing Director of Liverpool-based renewable energy specialists Eco Environments, David Hunt, has warned Ministers that they face an uphill battle to convince businesses and consumers to invest in the “undercooked” Green Deal.

Loughborough-based SmartGen Ltd has revealed that it was overwhelmed by the UK industry’s response to its SmartShield system.

LG Electronics has announced that its new range of solar cells achieved an efficiency-average of 20.6 percent and a maximum efficiency of 20.7 percent, placing the South Korean electronics giant’s PV modules amongst the highest performing in the industry.

Visitors to this year’s Solar Power UK event in Birmingham were introduced to Nedap’s new PowerRouter system, designed to help solar owners get the most benefit from the electricity generated on site.

Electrical distributor, Rexel, is debuting a brand new energy monitoring solution at Solar Power UK in the NEC, Birmingham. Nick Smith, Rexel UK’s Development Director and Alan Hector, Rexel UK’s Business Development Manager were on hand to talk me through the new ‘Measure My Energy’ service the company will be offering over the coming months.

Energeno, a developer and supplier of energy monitoring systems including the Wattson Solar Plus energy monitor, has launched its new Opti-Range of products at Solar Power UK 2012 which is being held this week in Birmingham at the NEC.

SunPower Corporation has signed up Sungift Solar to two of its partnership programmes at Solar Power UK 2012, a trade show being held in Birmingham at the NEC this week.

Romag, like the majority of the UK solar market, has had an interesting year. The speed and severity of the feed-in tariff cuts has seen the domestic market stutter and caught the company somewhat off-guard. However, despite market externalities Romag has had a successful year, from iconic installations to innovative technological developments.

Samil Power has brought its SolarRiver, SolarLake and SolarOceanseries inverters to Solar Power UK in Birmingham this week. The company is also displaying its Dual MPPT string inverters and smart mounting systems.