News
EPIA launch new website
The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) has launched a new version of its website (www.epia.org) more highly focused on social media and member services.
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Solarsense wins top award
Solarsense managing director Steve Barrett (centre) with the Green Energy Award and (from left) Colin Skellett, chairman of award hosts Wessex Water; Chris Hicks, Natasha Block and Hannah Spungin from Solarsense; Gilly Jones of sponsors YouGen and James Vaccaro from Triodos
North Somerset-based Solarsense has scooped the top award at the 2012 South West Green Energy Installer of the Year Award.
News
Canadian Solar enters Polish market
Canadian Solar has supplied PV modules to a pioneering project in Poland.
News
STA call on government to support mid-sized solar
The Solar Trade Association has called on the government to clearly outline how it is to support mid-sized PV installations.
Product
Irradiance meters in the spotlight
Seaward Solar has launched an instructional video on its website showing how its new range of irradiance meters enable PV installers to test sites more quickly and easily.
News
Thermodynamic products lose MCS accreditation
The MCS has recently completed an initial review of thermodynamic product types, and has subsequently taken the decision to temporarily suspend registration of these products within the MCS installation database.
News
Harvesting the sun
Crockwell Farm in Eydon, Northamptonshire
Agricultural PV specialist Powersun is holding a half-day seminar for farmers to bring together experts in solar technology, finance, and best practice PV system design for farms.
News
Berger and Barker join conference line up
Shadow climate change minister Luciana Berger
Political heavyweights Greg Barker and Luciana Berger will be speaking at A Profitable Future in Renewables Business Strategy Conference.
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Green light for Green Square
Specflue has expanded its range of Green Square energy products to compliment its ISO accredited flue and chimney business.
News
PV savings and FiT income up £100 a year
New data from the Energy Saving Trust (EST) shows that the average total savings and Feed-in Tariff income for households installing solar PV has increased by £100 a year.
News
Waxman announces agreement with Enphase
Waxman’s new 40,000 sq ft facility in Elland, West Yorkshire
Waxman Energy has teamed up with microinverter manufacturer Enphase.
News
Mastervolt opens new test lab
Inverter manufacturer Mastervolt process management system has been certified according to ISO 9001. The company says it has also invested heavily in its laboratory facilities in Amsterdam, Holland, making them suitable for testing PV inverters of up to 50kW.
News
Francis Clark advises on community solar park ownership
The Energy and Sustainability team at chartered accountants Francis Clark has supported the directors of Westmill Solar Co-operative in the acquisition of Westmill Solar Park, the funding for which was partly provided through a public share offering.
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PV returns ‘higher than one month ago’
The sky-high rises in electricity prices by the big energy suppliers this autumn has rendered November’s tiny cuts in Feed-in Tariffs as insignificant and makes the return on investment from solar projects higher than it was a month ago, says Dr. Chris Jardine, technical director, Joju Solar.
Product
Thermal collectors warmly received
The FX 500 modular collector and the GK 3000 large scale crane collector attracted many people to Solfex’s stand at Solar Power UK, the company reports.
Product
Samsung aligns with Solfex
Solfex Energy Systems has announced it is now stocking the full range of SAMSUNG EHS Mono Heat Pumps and accessories as well as providing the necessary technical support and design service.
News
Updating the industry
As you may be aware, one of our main priorities at MCS is to ensure that the technical standards are still relevant for each technology. Since the scheme’s launch, there have been major updates to solar PV technologies for both products and installers. It was concluded that the current associated PV Installer Guide required extensive updating to reflect current products and installation techniques. In light of this, the MCS Solar PV Working Group has undertaken a major project to comprehensively update the DTI Guide for PV Installations, and to ensure the MIS 3002 Solar PV Installer Standard is aligned with the measures introduced in this document. Some of the requirements in the existing version of the standard will be included in the new Guide.
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Scheme of success
With the raft of new technologies aimed at reducing bills and energy usage, the government is aiming to get close to two million installations in place by 2020, so there is a big market there for any installer company looking to get involved, says MCS.
News
Engensa boss scoops MT Sky award
Toby Darbyshire, co-founder and ceo of Engensa, has won the Start-Up Star category of the MT Sky Future Leaders Awards.
Opinion
Q & A – Canadian Solar
REI: What have you got planned for the rest of the year?
SQ: We expect to gain further market share as we deliver reliable, high-performance PV solutions, and expand sales of our high efficiency ELPS modules in key solar markets. And we will expand our total solutions business. Canadian Solar will also continue to invest in R&D for promising technologies and in our sales and business partner network to create and support trustworthy, long-term relationships.
Opinion
Two minutes with… Finian Parrick
Who are you?
Finian Parrick, managing director at Zero Carbon Future
Opinion
Integrating expertise
BRE held the 3rd in its series of Building-Integrated Solar conferences in October: BIPV3 – Separating Fact from Fiction. Building-integrated PV is a small but rapidly expanding niche within the solar industry, which we at BRE passionately believe is the future for PV on buildings.
Opinion
Cheaper panels lead to price-driven buyers
Positive push: Jason Hobbins, EnergyMyWay, says we should be urging customers to think beyond price when investing in solar PV
Jason Hobbins, managing director of EnergyMyWay discusses the hazards of a solar price war
News
Midlands solar firm bucks the trend
A Midlands-based green energy firm is bucking the economic trend having reported a successful 12 months.