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News

Innovation status awarded

INSTAGROUP'S solar panel system, InstaGen, has been awarded innovation status under the government’s ECO4 Scheme, unlocking a 45% funding uplift for qualifying installs.
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Feature

‘Lack of backing holding back rooftop solar rollout’

THE ongoing lack of a government-backed guaranteed price for selling back surplus clean power to the UK energy grid is discouraging businesses, property firms and commercial landlords from installing solar PV systems at their properties and holding back the expansion of solar across the country according to a renewable energy consultant.
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Feature

‘Reform opens the way for more community solar schemes’

OFGEM'S recent approval of a proposed change by the UK National Energy Service operator (NESO) to grid connection processes opens up new opportunities for community-based renewable energy projects such as small-scale solar parks in both rural and urban areas, according to independent strategic renewable energy consultancy Longevity Power.
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Case Study

Satellite dishes reused for solar power generation

SWISS provider of integrated energy and building technology solutions, CKW, has transformed unused satellite dishes on the premises of Leuk TDC, a Swiss telecom service provider, into cutting-edge solar installations.
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