Solar Markets & Finance

Cornwall Council has issued a Public Tender Notice for its solar power plant plans. The Council says it has posted this notice to advertise its intention to establish a framework agreement for contractors to be appointed for the design, build, operation and maintenance of solar energy generation projects located within the UK regions of Cornwall, Plymouth and Devon.

Energy Minister Charles Hendry has announced that developers of new large-scale renewable electricity projects will get earlier and greater certainty about how much support they will receive under the Renewables Obligation from 2013. New utility project developers will now have more of an idea of the support they will…

Liverpool- based Eco-Environments has opened new offices in Manchester, Tamworth, Penrith, and most recently, Darlington, in a bid to cater for the increased demand for renewable energy in the UK. Eco-Environments’ team of 20 employees designs, installs and commissions renewable energy…

UK-based specialist glass developer, Romag is reportedly entangled in a row over a £2.3 million charge with a supplier of solar photovoltaic cells used in the manufacture of solar glass. The company said that its supplier was no longer able to deliver the required product and had asked Romag to take a different type.

Minister of State for Energy Charles Hendry has revealed plans for a new scheme which will pay guzzlers to use less during peak energy demand periods. In a bid to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions, the scheme will reward big power consumers for each ‘negawatt’ of capacity they switch off.

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.

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…

Taking to the stand at the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the UK’s Climate Change Minister, Greg Barker, delivered the speech, ‘Energising the Big Society – The Role of Local Energy’ yesterday to a room full of eagerly listening industry experts.

Following the recent media hype surrounding Greg Barker’s statement in the House of Commons on November 11, which alluded to the possibility that large-scale solar installations in the UK could be under threat, a meeting between representatives of the solar industry, including the Renewable Energy Association (REA), the Micropower council and the Minister has been set up for November 24.