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Secon Solar has used Ecobuild as a platform to launch its brand new logo.
On the smart new artwork, Secon’s managing director, Kevin Carling, described it as a ‘better reflection of a fast-moving industry’.
He added: “The old logo was a bit tired and we wanted to refresh our image. This is a far more vibrant logo.
“Ecobuild has been a good showcase for us. It is the major renewables show of the year which we felt we had to be at.
“We are optimistic that this is a year for solar thermal which is backed up by the conversations we have had with visitors to our stand.”
Milton Keynes-based installers Renewable Resources Ltd has completed roof-mounted PV arrays at 115 Sainsbury’s stores across the South of England.
SolarCentury chairman Jeremy Leggett has poured cold water on the case for new nuclear power stations.
In a debate on the UK’s future energy needs held as part of Ecobuild’s seminar series, Leggett outlined a three point argument for why solar PV is better placed than nuclear to plug the 25GW gap predicted to occur by 2020 as coal-fired power stations are taken offline.
He said: “As of last year, the Germans have a target to run their railways on 100 per cent renewable energy. Solar and wind back each other up very well which the Germans have done on scale and proven to its satisfaction.
Secondly, in Japan, 52 nuclear reactors have been turned off out of 54 and the lights have not gone out due to involuntary and voluntary demand management.
“Finally, our average selling price globally has come down 40 per cent whilst last year the industry grew 67 per cent when nuclear is shrinking.
“Nuclear costs $1.7 a watt to generate in China and anything up to $4 elsewhere so I don’t know how people have the nerve to talk about subsidies for renewables.”
He added: “The closer we get to grid parity, the dirtier they (the nuclear lobby) will fight.
“Our costs are coming done while their’s are going up.”
SCHUECO OFFERS 10-YEAR GUARANTEE ON ALL ITS SOLAR PRODUCTS
UK solar specialist, Schueco UK Limited, has announced that the products in its solar thermal and PV range are covered by a full 10-year guarantee. This applies to all its solar thermal collectors and mono-crystalline, polycrystalline and thin-film PV modules, as well as its mounting systems.
Kyle Harris, an installer with Cleaner Air Solutions, describes his route into PV installations and why he enjoys working where he does.
Cumbria’s largest commercial solar PV system at Lakeland Livestock Mart, Cockermouth, benefit from new technology.
Solfex Energy Systems and southern regional installer Ocean Solar recently undertook a 16kw system in the South West of England. This comprised of 66 panels of the Kioto 225w/p Module.
As the solar PV market comes to terms with the changes to the Feed-in-Tariff (FiT), Rupert Higgin, md of The Green Electrician, examines whether new pre-assembled kits may be the answer to help installers both improve efficiencies and operating margins.
Ecoskies Renewable Energy Training outlines how its training will help with the EPC ratings.
CCTV, security and panic alarms, cat 6 cabling, heat pumps, underfloor heating and local cooling units were all fitted along with Grant solar thermal and PV systems as part of a council supported £3.5m investment scheme designed to reduce the building’s carbon footprint and energy consumption.
Scottish community building Radio City has installed 240 Kingspan Renewables solar thermal vacuum tubes to meet its extensive hot water needs, whilst becoming a model of sustainability in the town of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire.
With a strong German manufacturing pedigree and ambitious plans for growth, Robert Markus Feldmann, Azur Solar, discusses why his company is perfectly placed to serve installers throughout 2012 and beyond.
Ploughcroft is expanding its national team with the appointment of 25 new staff.
Leads2Trade has reacted to the recent Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) consultation by signing an agreement to provide Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) assessments throughout the UK.
The Oil & Renewable Energy Show 2012 – Call for papers
Infinite Energy is pleased to announce the completion of over 200kWp of solar PV over five different sites with Space Station self storage.
Green energy supplier Ecotricity has slammed “scaremongering” from the anti-wind lobby as the company released figures that confirmed onshore wind power added less than £5 to household energy bills last year.
Solar panels on the roof of Parliament, bicycle-powered television sets, and streetlamps with mini-wind turbines were just three of the ideas put to ministers this morning by young winners of a National Geographic climate competition.
Canadian Solar today announced that it has been working with solar project developer, Lightsource Renewable Energy Limited, in the completion of four solar power plants throughout England. The new ground mounted PV plants were built in Cornwall (Bodmin), Lincolnshire (Spalding) and Somerset (Taunton), with a combined capacity of 6.4 MW.
The installation of a 46.92kW Photovoltaic system onto a terrace roof of Forest Green Rovers FC is helping the Conference League team reduce its carbon footprint and earn an annual income for the Sustainability in Sport foundation.
Renewable energy installers used the recent Solar Power UK Roadshow to help prepare themselves for proposed cuts in the Feed-in Tariff (FiT).
Nu-Heat is now supplying a single in-roof panel for smaller solar thermal installations, potentially offering a solution for smaller installations for apartments and terraced houses.
UK renewable electricity supplier The Good Energy Group has announced the renewal of a major contract to supply international clothing retailer SuperGroup PLC with clean energy for a further 12 months.
Ofgem is holding a series of nationwide seminars to help organisations take advantage of the opportunities of the £860m Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).