Large-Scale Solar

According to local news provider, ‘This is Cornwall’, a £40 million network of "sun farm" solar power stations are be installed across parts of the Westcountry. The ten plants, if they go ahead as planned, could more than treble the amount of solar energy generated in the UK.

Exactly one month since the introduction of Feed-in-Tariffs, the energy industry has seen an unprecedented boom in solar enquiries from homeowners hurrying to make the most of the scheme’s financial benefits.

Consumer friendly publisher Which? has undertaken an undercover investigation regarding solar thermal system installers sales tactics regarding these hot water systems designed to heat water using the heat energy from the sun.
 

In a new guide aimed at the owners of run down mansions and estates, he said it was a "tragedy" to see such buildings abandoned, derelict or destroyed.

UK company, Romag, has become the first company to be awarded a licence under the new Kitemark Scheme for Microgeneration, which is operated by British Standards Institution (BSI).

Scheuten Solar is recently certified according to MCS BBA for their P6-54 and P6-66 solar module in the Multisol series. The (MCS) Microgeneration Certification Scheme underlines the high quality and the long-lasting performance of the Scheuten Solar modules and opens the way for sales and project activities in the UK.

If you want to install solar panels on your roof and take advantage of lucrative new feed-in tariffs but have been put off by a lack of funds, you could soon get a loan to cover the whole cost.

Wind turbines up to 15 metres high could be put up in industrial estates or farmland without planning permission under plans published by the government today.

Solar PV (photovoltaic) cells generate electricity directly from sunlight. They've been around for decades, though over time have become less expensive and more efficient, with production accelerating quickly in the past few years.