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Industry seal of approval for Solarlec

Lancashire solar energy company Solarlec got the thumbs up from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme in its annual review this week. ELECSA carried out a full ...
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Finance deal for A Shade Greener

GE Capital has agreed a £20m financing deal with free solar panel installer, A Shade Greener , helping the Yorkshire-based start-up company ...
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Farmer praises PV

A Spalding farmer is generating renewable energy following Lark Energy’s installation of a 63 kWp PV solar power system.
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Eaton beats the Feed-in Tariff deadline!

Working to very tight timescales to ensure completion before changes to the Feed-In Tariff (FiT) for solar PV installations over 50kW were implemented; Eaton’s ...
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Double whammy for EOS

EOS Energy, part of the Alumet Group, had a double celebration at the inaugural Renewable Awards in front of 800 industry professionals at Coventry’s ...
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Colexon Energy thin film PV project

Colexon Energy, a solar power engineering and distribution company has announced orders for 5,000 First Solar thin-film panels from installers in Cornwall and Oxford. The black, ...
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Trust me, I’m an installer

Renewable energy installation is a multi-faceted operation and the role of installer has ramped up. Not only is there training to undertake, legislation to adhere ...
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Skills for sustainable growth

In order to meet the demands of the Climate Change Act, installers need to gain the knowledge, skills and certification to work with renewable technologies. ...
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Minority report

There won’t be many readers of REI that haven’t cast their eyes over the recent Which? report which highlighted certain aspects of the ...
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Solar powered learning for Surrey students

As part of a major £61m investment, including a new 18,000 sq m educational building for its students, East Surrey College has installed 1050 Kingspan Renewables Thermomax ...
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Team effort

Enecsys has teamed with Ember to bring wireless ZigBee communications to roof-top solar PV systems so that households and businesses can better monitor and optimize ...
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Less is more with Siliken

According to Siliken, using the SLK72M6L or the SLK72P6L means installing 20 per cent fewer modules to obtain the same power The ...
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Boxing clever

According to Schueco UK, the Schueco PowerHouse is a complete PV solar energy system in a box.
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PTS Renewables brochure out

PTS has launched a comprehensive Renewables Brochure to help installers make the right choices when it comes to specifying energy efficient products.
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Surge protection devices preserve solar PV investment

Carlo Gavazzi has extended its solar energy portfolio with new surge protection devices that provide backup protection without internal fuses. The innovative DSF surge arrestors ...
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PV power

Enecsys is offering a cost-saving 480W duo micro inverter for solar PV modules The duo concept connects two solar PV modules with power point tracking ...
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Warming news

Dimplex is extending choices in solar thermal water heating, with the launch of the SOLC201 flat plate collector, which it says provides a cost-effective way ...
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Daikin heat pump system receives MCS accreditation

Daikin UK is continuing to work with the Microgeneration Certification Scheme by achieving accreditation for its Low Temperature Integrated Split System. The newly accredited Daikin ...
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Out of the box

Cyntech Components, electro-mechanical components supplier, has launched a universal junction box for silicon-wafer solar PV modules that can be quickly customised to suit each application. ...
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