Solar Markets & Finance

Taking on the task of spreading the word of the UK’s potential in the solar market, Solar Power UK organised the hugely successful conference on October 18th and 19th 2010. The conference, the theme of which was “Enabling the UK Solar Market for 2011”, drew over 450 delegates from all facets of the solar PV industry, including installers, suppliers and manufacturers, investment companies and members of the media.

Centrosolar has gained certification for its entire line of crystalline modules, including S-Class Deluxe, Excellent, Ultra and Professional modules under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS).

According to recent media reports, a UK-based asset management group is planning to raise £40 million from wealthy individuals in order to pay for a tax-sheltered venture capital trust that will invest in small-scale British solar power projects.

Some of the leading names in the UK’s renewable energy industry have sent out a warning the Government that a premature cut to feed-in tariff subsidies could damage the sector to a point of no return. The letter, signed by more than 60 figureheads in the renewable industry, outlines how…

Much like Solar Power Portal’s monthly round-up of solar installation figures in the UK, the DECC has released its first quarterly report of Energy Trends, which contains the Department’s first publication of feed-in tariff statistics covering installed capacity for the first quarter of the FiT scheme…

As with all new technologies, myths and misconceptions appear during the teething stages, yet these are usually dispersed within the first couple of months. However, in the case of renewable energy, people are a little harder to convince. Since the introduction of the UK’s feed-in tariff in April, sites such as the Solar Power Portal have fought tooth and nail to highlight the benefits of solar energy…

Industry analysts, Solarbuzz, have today released a report on the UK PV Market 2010, which outlines how the solar photovoltaic feed-in tariff program introduced by the UK government in April 2010 has flung the country into the mainstream of global PV market…

The coalition government could cut the incentives for solar installations as adoption rates have soared to over 10,000 since the FiT was introduced in April, 2010, according to OFGEM figures. The Solar Power Portal has for some time heard rumours of a possible early review of the feed-in-tariffs. An article written by the Financial Times, "Solar power subsidy under review" claims …

According to the latest Sunday Times Tech Track 100, UK-based solar systems integrator and distributor, Solarcentury has been noted for being the fastest growing private energy company in the UK.

Recent rumours flying about relating to the possible cut of solar power incentives in the UK have prompted 22 groups from the green, countryside and housing industry to send a letter of warning to the Secretary…