Commercial & Residential Solar

During Prime Minister, David Cameron’s, first official visit to Japan, the UK and Japan have announced a joint-framework on civil Nuclear Cooperation that will provide the basis for UK companies to engage in multi-billion pound decommissioning opportunities in Japan.

UK solar specialist Solarcentury is set to offer the opportunity for existing solar installers to become accredited energy assessors. As part of its partnership with PPL Training, Solarcentury will offer a discounted City & Guilds Diploma course in Domestic Energy Assessing.

The world of low-carbon building design is set for an overhaul as two-year-old green software company Sefaira closes a £6.8m Series A funding round.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced the first wave of organisations that have signed up to become Green Deal providers, ahead of the scheme’s launch in October.

In anticipation of the Green Deal rollout, E.ON has revealed a £100,000 funding package to help with the recruitment of 100 energy efficiency apprentices. This commitment follows Government‘s £3.5m fund to train 1,000 apprentices in relevant Green Deal skills.

Leeds County Council is set to roll out a network of solar-powered street map signs at 25 different sites across the city.

GGFi, the insurance division of the Glass & Glazing Federation, has launched a new insurance-backed scheme, designed to protect consumers from the possibility that their installer ceases to trade.

Fire fighters are being taught how to deal with solar-related fires after what is thought to be the UK’s first PV blaze.

A 100 percent community-owned solar project went live on Friday on the roof of an inner city estate. Brixton Energy Solar 1, which is the UK’s first inner city solar power project, was funded by a community share issue.

The UK’s Energy Saving Trust (EST) has today opened a new telephone advice line, which will give the general public information on how to save energy at home and at work.