According to the latest research from the British Standards Institute (BSI) only one in five homeowners is likely to sign up for the Green Deal. The majority of the 1,200 respondents admitted that they knew too little about the scheme to take part.
A new green fund, launched in conjunction with Leads2Trade, is expected to provide new opportunities for renewable energy installers looking to provide energy saving technologies for UK home and business owners.
Plans have emerged this week for a 30MW solar farm, intended to be developed on a former RAF airfield in Suffolk. The site, which spans 150-acres, could power the equivalent of 7,000 homes for a full year if permission is granted.
Enevis, in partnership with the Apollo Group, has completed one of the largest multi-installation solar projects in London. After being awarded the contract in January this year the company managed to install a total of 500 systems in Walthamstow in a space of just three months.
In preparation for the launch of Government’s flagship energy policy the National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies is expanding its training portfolio to offer courses on the Green Deal.
Adding to the recent influx of positive solar news Lark Energy has today announced that it has installed a total of 15MW of solar panels across the East of England and East Midlands in a combination of rooftop and solar farm projects. To date the company has installed approximately 65,000 photovoltaic panels which in total generate enough electricity to power 4,000 households.
Renewables developer, TGC Renewables, is set to apply for planning permission to develop a 40-acre site at Raymond’s Hill, near Axminster, into a 5MW solar park.
Greg Barker, the Minister for Energy and Climate Change, has spoke of his desire to see more community-funded solar projects across the country after visiting one of the first schools in the UK to generate its own electricity from a community-funded solar project.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has announced that multi service provider, Gemserv, will run the new Green Deal oversight body. The company will be responsible for the registration of assessors, installers and providers as well monitoring compliance with the Code of Practice.
