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Winners of renewable heating scheme announced
44 social housing projects have today been awarded a share of £3.2million by DECC to get renewable heating into the homes of over a thousand social housing tenants across Great Britain.
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What does the future hold for renewable energy installers?
Ian Stares, renewables product group manager at PTS, is the latest addition to an already impressive speaker line up at A Profitable Future in Renewables Business Strategy Conference.
Product
Theory of evolution
Solar tracker manufacturer Mechatron has launched the dual axis system ‘D170 evolution’ which it says follows the sun azimuthally (around its vertical axis) and elevationally (around its horizontal axis), making investments in PV plants profitable even without subsidies.
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Solar damages claim swells to £50m
Prospect Law, the legal team spearheading a campaign to recover losses incurred by PV firms during the Feed-in Tariff debacle, says its demand for compensation has reached £50m.
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Mage Solar expands strategic partnership
In future, Mage Solar will be managing its warehousing and transport activities across the globe with its logistics partner Kuehne + Nagel
German-based provider of PV system components Mage Solar has announced it will be managing its warehousing and transport activities across the globe with its logistics partner Kuehne + Nagel.
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Fronius gets active in energy efficiency
Fronius International has opened the Active Energy Tower at its Austrian HQ which it says is completely heated and cooled without generating any CO2 emissions whatsoever.
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Train and gain
Raising the roof: Flue and chimney supplier Specflue will now offer heat pump and solar thermal installation courses from its training centre in Sudbury
Flue and chimney supplier Specflue has announced the launch of its new solar thermal and heat pump courses for installers.
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Lark Energy completes 3.4MW solar farm
Bird’s-eye view: Lincolnshire-based Lark Energy has led construction of one of the largest solar farms in East Anglia at Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire
Lincolnshire-based Lark Energy, alongside Posolia UK and Oakapple Renewable Energy, has completed the construction of a 3.4 MW solar farm in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire – one of the first major PV plants in the region.
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In the post
Great support: 8,520 SOL-F anchor posts have been deployed on PV arrays across ten IKEA UK stores
SFS intec’s SOL-F anchor posts have been used to secure 39,000 solar panels across ten IKEA UK stores.
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Seaward in the frame
Seaward Solar has produced a new video demonstrating the effectiveness ot its PV150 dedicated solar PV tester.
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Och aya renew
Plumb Center is to open what it says is Scotland’s first renewable training academy.
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Cutting costs
Upsolar has unveiled its smart modules optimised by Tigo Energy.
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Solarcentury donates £35k to Africa solar campaign
Frans van den Heuvel, ceo, Solarcentury
Solarcentury has today announced that it will donate £35,000 to SolarAid’s ‘Share a light’ campaign.
Product
Segen to stock Samsung eco heating systems
PV distributor Segen has announced it will add a range of Samsung eco heating systems to its product portfolio.
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PV staff buckle up for safe installations
Solar panel installers buckled up to boost health and safety when they enrolled on a course in using new roof harnesses.
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France throws weight behind European PV production
The French government has said it will apply a 10 percent bonus to the Feed-in Tariff for PV rooftop systems which have been made in Europe. Tariffs for other eligible systems will be raised by 5 percent.
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Suntech and EDP Renovaveis sign 39MW sales agreement
PV manufacturer Suntech and EDP Renováveis have signed a contract for Suntech to supply 39MW of polycrystalline panels.
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Ministers urged to act over Green Deal ‘farce’
Ministers risk losing business and consumer confidence for the second time in a year if they fail to heed warnings over the government’s “undercooked” Green Deal, says David Hunt of Eco Environments.
Opinion
Q & A
Q & A
Paul Bradbury
Libra Energy UK
REI: What have you got planned for the rest of the year?
PB: An Online webshop will soon be unveiled giving customers the ability to order direct and see live stock holding. Solar Power UK in October will see the announcement of major new supplier deals further enhancing our product portfolio. Also a Libra Roadshow is planned offering training and advice to customers.
Opinion
Two minutes with…
Who are you?
Harry Shepherd-Cross, co-founder and director of Ardenham Energy.
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Working smarter
Perfect partners: Henry Dziuba, SMA, looks at the role of energy management systems and grid parity
SMA’s Henry Dziuba discusses how the development of energy management systems can helpUKhomeowners in the pursuit of grid parity
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The right tools
Segen is launching an extensive range of solar thermal equipment from Dimplex.
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Miliband hits out at government ‘broken promises’
Labour leader Ed Miliband has heavily criticised the Conservative party for ‘messing up’ the renewables industry and reneging on promises made to pursue green policies whilst in opposition.
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Easy living
SEG Commercial, part of the Save Energy Group, says it has introduced a breakthrough in the integration of PV panel systems with the launch of its EasyRoof installation system.