Four of the Big Six UK energy providers are expected to increase energy prices by the end of this year after Scottish and Southern Electric (SSE) announced plans to increase domestic gas and electricity prices by an average of 9 percent from October 15.
Lincolnshire-based solar installer Lark Energy has announced plans to install a 30MW solar park on the site of Ellough Airfield in Suffolk. The move follows similar applications for 30MW parks at Stradishall Airfield in Suffolk and Wymesford Airfield in Leicestershire.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released its prestigious list of the 23 most influential technology firms of 2013. Published annually since 2000, previously featured companies have included such household names as Foursquare, Scribd and Spotify.
Sharp’s solar manufacturing plant in Wrexham is to begin the production of polycrystalline black-on-black modules in August. Sharp hopes to manufacture 4,800 ND-R245A6 modules which will incorporate both black frames and black back film, with the possibility of expanding the production run if they prove successful.
Energie, the Portuguese solar thermal manufacturer, is offering its thermodynamic range of solar modules in Scotland and across the rest of the UK, thanks to a partnership with Scottish renewable specialists, Solar Electricity Systems.
Ofgem has released its official installation figures for May, June and July which determine what the feed-in tariff rates will be starting from November 1.
The latest solar installation figures released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show that the UK solar industry is continuing to suffer from a serious slump in installation rates following the introduction of fresh FiT cuts in August.
Triodos Bank has earned its place as one of the greenest lenders in the UK after providing record amounts of loans in 2011 for renewable energy projects. As part of its drive towards low carbon business, the bank has also recently commissioned a rooftop solar system at its UK headquarters.
October this year heralds the start of a possible game-changing Government initiative called the Green Deal. The Green Deal will open up the residential improvements market as never before by removing the need for householders to fund the cost of energy efficiency up front through the use of an innovative type of loan secured against the energy meter of a property, rather than the householders themselves, and is based on a principle known as the ‘Golden Rule’ that ensures the cost of financing the installed measures is less than the energy saved by their installation.
