Commercial & Residential Solar

Taiwan-based module manufacturer Ritek Solar has today announced that its polycrystalline solar panels are now certified for use in the UK. Having received Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) accreditation, the photovoltaic specialist is able to expand into the country’s escalating market.

At the upcoming Intersolar Europe trade fair in Munich, Centrosolar will present its aerodynamic flat roof mounting system for photovoltaic modules. Providing an alternative residential solution for customers in the UK, the new Ceniq system enables photovoltaic systems to be installed on flat roofs with minimum weight load and without damaging the roof cladding.

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Increasing its activities in the UK SolarEdge Technologies, the global provider of end-to-end solar power optimization systems, has formed a new distribution partnership with Cleaner Air Solutions. The company has already ordered 3MW of SolarEdge power optimizers and solar inverters in the first quarter of this year.

Boosting the amount of solar power in Wales, the United Welsh Housing Association and Torfaen County Borough Council have formed a purchasing consortium to let a one-year framework contract for the design, supply and installation of solar photovoltaic systems in the country.

MCS accredited solar panel manufacturer Sanyo has now extended the guarantee period for its HIT solar modules to 10 years. This increased assurance comes after only 50 modules out of more than two million were returned to the Hungary-based manufacturing facility by the end of March this year.

Warwick University spinout Molecular Solar is to raise £5 million to create its own bespoke technology facility in order to bring its lightweight, flexible solar cells to the mainstream marketplace.

Ikaros Solar UK, which was set up earlier this year by entrepreneur Richard Tyzack, has achieved Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) accreditation.  The South Wales-based subsidiary in Technium Springboard in Cwmbran, Wales has been backed by the Welsh Assembly Government through a £500,000 grant from the Single Investment Fund (SIF) over the next three years.

Providing a huge boost for the UK’s large-scale solar market, Canadian Solar, one of the world’s largest solar companies, has signed an agreement to provide 15MW of solar modules for three…

Luton Borough Council has committed to a third party funded solar electricity scheme which will see the installation of solar panels on a number of social housing properties across the town.