Large-Scale Solar

Cheshire’s Energy Innovation Centre has announced that it intends to become a company limited by guarantee (CLG) and therefore a legal entity in its own right. The centre is designed to bring energy innovation and industry together in the UK to help the country move towards a low carbon future.

The National EPC Company (NEPCCo) has warned solar PV installation firms about the risks of obtaining inferior EPCs.

In news that at first sounds like a belated April fool’s joke, the volcanoes of Iceland could soon be powering your home. Under Government-backed plans, thousands of miles of high-voltage cables could be placed along the ocean floor, carrying low-carbon electricity from Iceland to UK shores.

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.

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.

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.

Strutt & Parker has developed an innovative solution for new agricultural buildings that incorporates solar PV right from the initial construction. The solar barn was developed by the company’s newly-created energy division, which has been working closely with a number of rural landowners to develop agricultural buildings that incorporate solar PV to lower utility costs and benefit from the feed-in tariff (FiT).