Solar 27

Opinion

The generation game

Steve Pester, BRE, lifts the lid on the NSC’s latest exciting research collaboration with the UK MET Office
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Opinion

Talking point

Zenex Solar’s managing director Liz macFarlane Liz MacFarlane, Zenex Solar, looks ahead to next month’s Solar Energy UK exhibition at the NEC
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Opinion

Two minutes with… Kensa

Q: Who are you? Simon Lomax, managing director of the Kensa Group and chairman of the Ground Source Heat Pump Association.
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Opinion

Q&A – Solfex

Q: What have you got planned for the rest of 2014? We intend to grow our online sales activities for most of our product groups, and with the launch of our new photovoltaic kit builder this month, customers will be able to design a PV system in six simple clicks of a button, the inverter size and mountings will automatically be matched according to the installation requirements and then the system can be ordered on the customer’s account for next day delivery.
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Opinion

Are You Preparing For a Sustainable Future?

By Jason Hobson, managing director at Gledhill, the cylinder specialist In the world of commercial developments ‘future proofing’ has become the buzz word driving design innovation. For domestic dwellings, it’s a concept closely linked to sustainability; ensuring that today’s installations can be adapted to tomorrow’s needs and technologies to reduce the cost and waste implications of early replacement.
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Opinion

Two minutes with… NIBE

Who are you? Phil Hurley, managing director at NIBE Energy Systems
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Opinion

Switching from oil and gas to renewables

Since the launch of the domestic RHI, HETAS has seen a noticeable increase in demand for biomass training and MCS registration, reports Robert Burke
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Opinion

Pollard’s Patter

Plumb Center’s head of sustainability Tim Pollard The cost of electricity from solar PV panels has reached parity with grid electricity in Germany, Italy, and Spain, according to consulting firm Eclareon. There are some who think that this will be the signal for a massive surge in demand and huge market growth. It is at this point that we should take a closer look at the definition of grid parity.
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Product

Globus Homes aims to make plumbers’ lives easier

Globus Homes is a new company set up to supply the products needed for the installation of central heating management systems, thermodynamic systems or new boiler installations.
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News

Industry slams CfD funding decision

The CfD scheme is set to replace the Renewables Obligation as the chief support mechanism for large-scale renewable energy projects and will involve a bidding process for rounds of funding.
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News

YouGen to host live RHI Q&A session

Renewable energy consumer website YouGen.co.uk will be hosting a live online Q&A session with representatives from DECC from 2-3pm on Monday 28 July.
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News

Business as usual for Wagner Renewables

West Sussex-based Wagner Solar UK has relaunched as Wagner Renewables following the insolvency of parent company Wagner & Co.
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News

Flogas to host free installer information days

Leicester-based Flogas Renewables is inviting solar PV installers from across the UK to attend a series of information days, looking at the future trends of the industry and the innovative products helping to shape the market.
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News

mfg advises on 3.6MW PV farm

mfg associate Stewart Smith West Midlands law firm mfg Solicitors has advised on a 3.6MW solar park scheme near Evesham.
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News

All Black Sevens team promotes Libra PV modules

In preparation of the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, the New Zealand All Black Sevens rugby team is training in Castricum at the grounds of The Castricum Rugby Club, The Netherlands.
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Product

Waxman stocks Honey Module

Waxman Energy has recently introduced the new ‘Honey Module’ by brand partner Trina Solar to its product range.
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