Solar 25

Opinion

Has Britain got talent?

Zenex Solar’s managing director Liz macFarlane Hiring the best candidate is often fraught with difficulty. Liz MacFarlane, Zenex Solar, offers some pointers for getting it right

Opinion

Getting into hot water

Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd Heat pump specialist Bob Long revisits the topic of domestic hot water production from heat pump systems and the potential for high energy costs

Opinion

Q&A – TSG

John Holloway is TSG’s renewables director

Opinion

Life on earth

Steve Pester, BRE National Solar Centre, turns his attention to proposed technical changes to guidance for PV earth connections

News

The hottest ticket in town – Ecobuild

Register for your FREE ticket to Ecobuild (www.ecobuild.co.uk/register) the UK’s premier energy event and stay up to date with the latest training and technologies to stay competitive in the renewables marketplace.

Opinion

Standard deviation

Jodi Huggett, innovation director at 4eco, asks if meeting electromagnetic compatibility standards (EMC) is one step too far for the renewables industry. Recent figures from DECC show that over 80,000 solar PV systems were installed across the country between January and August of this year.

News

STA approves ‘FiT on the move’ proposals

The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has released proposals that would allow businesses and factories to take their solar with them if they move location.

Product

Waxman adds BenQ 285 black frame mono

Waxman Energy is pleased to announce the newest addition to their BenQ product portfolio – the BenQ 285 black frame mono.

News

Enphase donate to SolarAid

Enphase Energy has today announced its charitable partnership with SolarAid.

News

AMP Solar UK launches as joint venture

A new joint venture company, AMP Solar UK, has launched combining the expertise of three solar firms and the financing support of Apollo Investment.

News

Solar cheaper than gas by 2018 – STA

The Solar Trade Association has published a report which finds that it will be cheaper to produce electricity from solar than by burning gas by 2018.

Opinion

Pictures at an exhibition

Steve Pester, BRE, reflects on the main themes to emerge from last month’s Solar Energy UK show in Birmingham

Opinion

Current affairs

By guest columnist Bill Wright, head of energy solutions, Electrical Contractors’ Association

Opinion

Talking point

Zenex Solar’s managing director Liz macFarlane Liz MacFarlane looks back at an eventful SEUK 2014 for Zenex Solar

Opinion

Q&A – Consumer Credit Solutions

What have you got planned for the next 12 months? Our priority is to get more funders interested in financing solar PV and renewables technology. We already have a panel of lenders that are very enthusiastic supporters and we have another lender that’s about to participate in the market imminently. We also have a couple of negotiations underway that might result in further finance options for the solar sector, including the provision of second line lending aimed at underwriting consumers who may have failed finance through a primary lender.

News

STA to back DECC community energy push

The STA is set to revise its ’10 commitments’ on solar farms to support DECC’s push for increased levels of local ownership.

Opinion

A bright green energy future

The future of renewable energy in the UK looks bright, says Green Energy Scotland

News

4Eco gets TV treatment

4Eco’s immerSUN microgeneration switching device has been featured in Channel 4’s Double Your House for Half the Money.