During the 10th annual Ashden Awards, created in 2001 to praise the use of sustainable energy in the UK and in developing countries, two Westcountry schools bagged a prize for succeeding in cutting their carbon emissions through the use of solar photovoltaic technology.
To kick-start its move into becoming a major solar energy installer in the UK, the country's leading energy supplier, British Gas has started a £15 million project to supply 1,100 primary and secondary schools.
The British Board of Agreement (BBA) has announced that Upsolar’s PV module range has been granted the MCS certificate. The certificate is mandatory in order to be eligible for the UK feed-in tariff thus demonstrating the quality and reliability of approved products by satisfying rigorous quality control standards.
In yet another boost for the UK solar market, the government has now announced that it will invest a total of £8.4m in research and development into new technology that will lead to the creation of a range of new specialist plastic electronics products including long-life solar cells.
In a bid to boost photovoltaic research in the UK, the University of Sheffield has begun the installation of what will be one of the largest roof mounted solar farms in the country to date.
Renewable energy generator ‘A Shade Greener’ (ASG) is the first of an expected many companies to offer free solar photovoltaic installations to residents in the UK. Since the introduction of the feed-in tariff and exposure on the BBC, interest has increased dramatically.
The solar installations in the UK just keep on coming, with the largest yet completed at the Matthew Arnold School in Cumnor, Oxford. The award-winning author, Philip Pullman, revealed the 100kW solar panel system.
After winning the final round of the British Gas Green Streets challenge in November 2009, the village of Llangattock is now being prepared for the first of a possible 50 solar photovoltaic panel installations.
The Glastonbury festival has long been renowned for its rainy atmosphere and the promise of mud. However the festival may get new branding in line with this year’s expected weather forecast, as the founder of the event, Michael Eavis, begins construction of the country’s largest privately owned solar power farm.
vogt group, advised by former Q-Cells CEO Anton Milner, has won the contract for the UK’s first solar photovoltaic power plant. The 5MW installation will be located on a 12.8 hectare site on a quarry in the southwest of England.
