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The Great Orme visitors’ centre in Llandudno has been fitted with solar panels that will reduce energy bills and improve the building’s carbon footprint. The system, supplied by Hertfordshire-based Caplor Energy, forms part of Conwy County Council’s carbon neutral sustainability strategy.
Registration for the 8th Annual MicroCHP in Europe Summit is now open. The summit is strictly invitation only and is designed for subscribers to Delta-ee’s micro-CHP Service and other selected utilities, boiler manufacturers, product developers and key micro-CHP influencers.
British Solar Renewables Ltd has announced it has secured planning permission for a 20MW solar farm close to Bournemouth International Airport.
Daniel Silcock, operations manager, Renewable Solutions UK
Q: Who is your hero in renewable energy?
“I’d nominate Vincent Kirkman, my former tutor at BoltonCollege. I was an apprentice there between 1998 and 2002 and I learned a huge amount from Vinnie. We’re now friends and I saw him again recently whilst installing solar PV, heat pumps, underfloor heating and rainwater harvesting at the College.”
Daniel Silcock, operations manager, Renewable Solutions UK
Question time: Liz MacFarlane, Zenex Solar, asks why it feels like the politicians keep pulling the rug from under our feet
Well, where do I begin this month? From the high of Ecobuild to the low of the Chinese anti-dumping threat, it’s been an interesting time, says Liz MacFarlane.
Who are you?
Anthony Mayall, managing director of NIFES Consulting Group
Search history: According to Cathy Debenham, YouGen, has seen a shift in consumer interest for renewables over the last year
Cathy Debenham, YouGen, offers an insight into consumer interest in renewables over the last year.
Although we run a renewable energy website, you wouldn’t have thought it in February last year. Virtually all the questions we were asked were about solar PV (or the Feed-in Tariff for solar PV). After the home page, solar PV was easily the most visited section of YouGen, with nearly double the monthly traffic of the next most popular section (biomass boilers).
Lightsource has announced the development of what it says is the country’s largest rooftop solar PV array, with an installed capacity of 5MWp.
Peter Shone, managing director of Cheshire-based JPCS
JPCS reports that it has passed the 50MWp milestone in UK ground-mounted PV installations.
Nottingham-based PV installer EvoEnergy has secured investment from UK construction and civil engineering company Stepnell.
PV manufacturer Hanwha SolarOne has supplied modules for two new ground-mounted PV installations in the UK.
Trina Solar today announced that the company has retained its Top Brand PV Seal for Germany in the “Modules” category.
The industry has expressed its disappointment at the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC)’s decision to further delay the introduction of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
Dr Volkmar Denner, chairman of the Bosch board of management
Bosch has announced it is to discontinue its activities in crystalline photovoltaics and the manufacture of ingots, wafers, cells, and modules will be ceased at beginning of 2014.
February 2013 saw some major changes to the MCS standards for Solar PV installers with a new version of MIS 3002 and a new PV Installation Guide which replaces the 2006 Dti Guide.
Dr Alex Levran, Power-One’s president renewable energy solutions
Power-One announced today it has surpassed the one million mark for PV inverters sold worldwide.
Wuxi Suntech, the main operating subsidiary of Chinese PV manufacturer Suntech Power, has filed for bankruptcy – just two years after being named the World’s largest producer of solar panels.
Members of the industry have criticised chancellor George Osborne for not doing enough in the 2013 budget to stimulate investment in renewable technologies.
PV manufacturer WINAICO has today reassured installers and suppliers that its Taiwanese-sourced modules will not be subject to any EU tariffs which may be applied to Chinese firms exporting to Europe.
Trina Solar has today announced a new frame design across its full range of 72-cell monocrystalline and 60-cell polycrystalline modules. The frame thickness has been reduced from 40mm to 35mm, with products becoming immediately available.
The BSRIA reports showed that Kensa’s market position grew from 6-10 per cent in 2011, to 21-25 per cent in 2012 and indicated Kensa to be the only heat pump manufacturer to have increasing sales in 2012, with all remaining companies remaining stationary or decreasing their market share.
Recent arctic weather has reminded people with solar thermal heating systems that their solar panels need to be treated well and regularly maintained around the year if they are to continue to provide around 50 per cent of the hot water the home needs during the year, says Sentinel.
Liz MacFarlane, Zenex Solar discusses the winning ways of the renewables sector
Who are you?
Hugh Taylor, business development director at Applied Sustainable Energy