Commercial & Residential Solar

Laughing in the face of large-scale solar intimidation, new business venture Solar Power Direct has launched its free solar panel installation deal aimed specifically at commercial properties throughout England and Wales.

German solar company SunConcept has set up a UK subsidiary at Kings Hill in West Malling, Kent. The company reports that it has been monitoring the UK market since the previous government published the ‘UK Renewable Energy Strategy’ back in July 2009, and has now made the decision to increase its activity in the UK after the introduction of the FiT.

Independent property Fund Manager, Rockspring Property Investment Managers is to convert Westcott Venture Park in Buckinghamshire to run on solar energy. Rockspring, which is being advised by Renewable energy company Ownergy, will begin construction in the New Year.

The first project to be financed by its Ecobonds proceeds will see Ecotricity use an existing wind farm location in Lincolnshire, to build a 1MW PV power plant

A £4.4 million solar energy project being undertaken at the Glyndwr University in North Wales is expected to create up to 50 research jobs in the region. The university for Solar Energy Research Centre (CSER) aims to bring affordable renewable energy to thousands, even in the wettest parts of the UK.

After considerable research into the available and emerging smart solar photovoltaics technologies Schüco International, the specialist in aluminum, steel, PVC-U and solar products for innovative building envelopes, has chosen to work with UK-based solar technology developer TwentyNinety in order to supply the low-cost wireless module level management and control solution, Active Array.

UK-based solar developer and independent power producer (IPP) mO3 Power is to entice British farmers into installing solar power on their land. The company has revealed plans to provide a gigawatt of electricity across the UK, which is enough to power…

Recent figures reveal that UK energy provider British Gas has now rolled out over 200,000 smart meters across the country. Thousands of households across the UK now have the ability to keep an eye on their energy consumption, helping to cut carbon emissions and reduce energy bills. Just six months ago…

Leading German project developer juwi, which announced its entry into the UK solar market in August this year, has named Birmingham as the location for its subsidiary “juwi Renewable Energies Ltd.” Over the next two years, juwi is expected to install over 60MW…

Since the introduction of the feed-in tariff in April this year there has been a strong upward trend in photovoltaic installation figures. As each month passed the figures increased, spiking in August with 3,642 (8.739MW) projects recorded. However, since last month was shrouded in so much uncertainty…