PV

Eye Kettleby Lakes, a family-run fishery in Leicestershire has turned to solar PV to reduce its carbon footprint, increase its sustainable income and generate new revenue streams.

Gertjan van der Goot delves into the latest pricing data from CompareMySolar to determine the emerging trends in UK residential solar pricing. Looking at prices from over 50 UK solar installers it appears prices are edging closer together, and have certainly increased from previous record lows.

SunGift Solar’s 50kWp solar array installed at Air Control Industries’ offices in Axminster is helping the company generate significant electricity and lower its carbon footprint and bills.

In the first of a two-part feature, Finlay Colville, discusses the progress within the UK PV industry over the first six months of 2013. Colville confirms the new PV capacity added in the UK during 1H’13 and how this compares to global PV installations and prior first-half periods in the UK back to 2010.

Solar farms are great places for nature.And they are all set to become even better places in the future.

The growing number of negative press headlines about solar farms could be dismissed as nimbyism, but equally they could be early signs of a publish backlash against large PV developments. Solar needs to work hard to maintain the public’s goodwill and avoid the same fate as wind energy.

Morrison’s 2MW PV array highlights the challenges of large-scale roof-mounted solar

Buckingham Group Contracting’s new office in Amersham is now generating its own local electricity thanks to its solar slate tiles.

Can microinverters help attract residential investors to solar power?

A Welsh limestone and granite worktop producer has installed solar on its factory in Sandycroft to help control escalating energy bills.