A 240kWp rooftop PV system has officially switched on at King’s Cross railway station in London. In addition to being one of the most iconic solar projects in the UK, the £1.3 million project is also said to be one of the largest and most complex BIPV systems in the country.
So “what actually happens during G59 commissioning” is a question I was asked earlier this week. It came up, as we had been doing exactly that, deep in the bowels of Kings Cross Station.
Official statistics released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change show that the UK’s 1.38GW of installed solar capacity generated 0.5TWh of electricity in the second quarter of 2012.
Power-One will be introducing both its largest and smallest PV inverters to the UK market at this year’s Solar Power UK: the AURORA ULTRA and the AURORA MICRO.
Steve Wade, Managing Director of Herefordshire-based renewable specialist, Wind & Sun, recently presented a paper on a pioneering renewable off-grid energy system at the 2012 Symposium on Micro-grids in Evora, Portugal.
The solar industry is still coming to terms with the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s new tri-monthly degression model that saw the feed-in tariff tumble from 21p/kWh down to 16p/kWh in August.
The Solar Building Company Ltd is announcing a new partnership with Italian BIPV manufacturer, Photonics Power Srl, at this year’s Solar Power UK that will see the Monmouth-based distributor supply Photonics’ range of solar tiles to the UK.
Following the announcement of the Domestic RHI, Navitron are hoping to capatilise on the newly-available subsidy by announcing the launch of its new HFC range of curtained solar thermal panels.
Clenergy will be announcing its brand new PV mounting system at this year’s Solar Power UK exhibition and conference, taking place at the NEC in Birmingham throughout October 2-4.
Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield are set to receive a share of £12 million to help them push the Green Deal across their respective regions.
