Commercial & Residential Solar

A 4.22MW solar park in Puriton, Somerset is the first solar park to be offered as a traditional property investment opportunity in the UK after property consultants Alder King have been instructed to listen to offers in the region of £886,000 on behalf of BAE Systems.

The Priory School in Lewes, Sussex is now home to a 37kWp solar array thanks to a joint project by OVESCO and Southern Solar. The community-owned array was born out of the excess funding raised by OVESCO’s first community scheme which saw panels installed on Harveys Brewery.

A new poll has revealed that support for nuclear energy has increased among the British public, following an erosion of public confidence last year in the wake of the Fukushima catastrophe.

Durham-based solar installer, Cleaner Air Solutions has achieved the internationally-recognised ISO9001 and ISO14001 certifications. The independent assessment was conducted by the British Assessment Bureau and demonstrates Cleaner Air Solutions commitment to customer service and quality in delivery.

The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has announced a new consultation on the competence requirements for those working in the solar industry.

Legislation for the Green Deal, the Coalition’s flagship environmental policy, has received final Parliamentary approvals.

A solar research team at the University of Oxford have been awarded the Materials Science Venture Prize by the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers to help develop technology that will reduce the manufacturing costs of new-generation solar photovoltaic cells.

Parity Projects is now in the final stages of launching a project designed to open up Government’s upcoming Green Deal to organisations of all sizes. The Green Deal Conduit will build a network of small and medium sized organisations involved in the assessment and refurbishment buildings throughout the UK. To date SMEs have voiced concerns that the scheme will only benefit larger companies.

The latest Government Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) statistics, published on June 28, show an evident rise in the number of engineering and manufacturing apprenticeships in the UK. Provisional data shows that in the first nine months of the 2011/12 academic year 44,130 candidates started an apprenticeship in these areas compared to 48,970 starts in the entire 12 month 2010/11 academic year.

Renewable energy project developer TGC Renewables has secured planning approval for an 8MW solar park to be built in the southwest.