PV

During an ambitious refit to the Flint Greenfield estate that saw all properties receive new roofs, Foz Electrical was approached to install solar arrays on 150 of the properties.

The call for solar panels has significantly reduced in the UK since Government announced feed-in tariff cuts. That’s a fact. While at one time installers’ phones were ringing off the hook while they worked seven-day weeks, now, just a few months later many are struggling to fill their weeks. Industry has come up with several reasons for this dip in demand, yet the most frequent culprit appears to be negative press.

Sixteen fire stations across Lincolnshire are benefiting from the installation of solar arrays, as part of the services wider push towards reducing its energy consumption by 20 percent before 2013.

Houses in Bloor Homes’ Littecombe housing development are now generating their own clean electricity thanks to the installation of Redland solar PV tiles. The housing development turned to Redland to help the development meet the required level of the Code for Sustainable Homes.

All investors are looking for high returns and minimal risk. Solar PV in the UK can be considered as such a good investment in the UK; indeed, its characteristics are compelling for investors and consumers alike. With guaranteed index-linked, tax free feed-in tariff payments for at least 20 years, onsite renewable energy generation, lower energy bills and reduced carbon emissions one would expect thousands of people to be waiting in the queue for a system and all installers to be booked out. But the opposite is the case. There is little demand in the whole market. All installers are lowering their prices hoping to attract customers, but the demand is almost not picking up. This blog post examines why this is the case.

South Downs Solar has completed a discreet 43.94kWp solar installation at the University of Brighton in Sussex.

Bignell Park Farm, a 300-acre estate in Chesterton, Oxfordshire is now benefitting from several solar PV systems, installed on buildings and land throughout the estate.

Mace Midlands has partnered with IBC Solar to design and install a unique East West-facing solar array on the company’s headquarters in Burton-on-Trent.

MoneySupermarket has had a 48.88kWp solar array fitted to its headquarters in Flintshire. The £90,000 installation was installed free-of-charge by iGen Energy Ltd, as part of a power purchase agreement.

Since yesterday’s feed-in tariff bomb was dropped in the House of Commons by the now-infamous Minister of State Greg Barker, there has been a lot of squabbling in the UK solar industry. A large majority were pleased with the results of the consultation, while others continued to berate Government with their now worn torrent of abuse.