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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
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
John Holloway is TSG’s renewables director
Who are you?
Shirley Hill, director of Fair Energy
Steve Pester, BRE National Solar Centre, turns his attention to proposed technical changes to guidance for PV earth connections
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.
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.
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.
Waxman Energy is pleased to announce the newest addition to their BenQ product portfolio – the BenQ 285 black frame mono.
Enphase Energy has today announced its charitable partnership with SolarAid.
A new joint venture company, AMP Solar UK, has launched combining the expertise of three solar firms and the financing support of Apollo Investment.
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.
PassivSystems is celebrating the milestone achievement of installing over 20,000 versions of its PV monitoring product – PassivPro.
Jim Wallace of Seaward Solar looks at the reasons why electrical testing and inspection of solar PV installations is a fundamental requirement for system safety and performance.
The Heating & Renewable Awards will return in 2015 bigger than ever before.
Steve Pester, BRE, reflects on the main themes to emerge from last month’s Solar Energy UK show in Birmingham
By guest columnist Bill Wright, head of energy solutions, Electrical Contractors’ Association
Zenex Solar’s managing director Liz macFarlane
Liz MacFarlane looks back at an eventful SEUK 2014 for Zenex Solar
Who are you?
Stephen Knight, commercial director for Navitron
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.
The STA is set to revise its ’10 commitments’ on solar farms to support DECC’s push for increased levels of local ownership.
The future of renewable energy in the UK looks bright, says Green Energy Scotland
Lightsource is predicting a significant rise in Scottish PV deployment following recent innovations in cell technology.
4Eco’s immerSUN microgeneration switching device has been featured in Channel 4’s Double Your House for Half the Money.