News
Final opportunity to enter H&R Awards
Nominations are coming in thick and fast for this year’s Heating and Renewables Awards and this year’s ceremony is likely to break the record set last year of over 300 entries.
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Powervault aims to dominate storage market
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Powervault has raised £700,000 on investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to become a leading player in the home energy storage market.
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Scottish government consults on commercial PV planning permission
The Scottish government has launched a consultation on permitted development rights – a waiving of planning permission if certain requirements are fulfilled – for commercial non-domestic rooftop solar.
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PV locations to open doors for Solar Independence Day
On July 3-4, locations across the UK will once again be opening their doors to showcase PV to the public for Solar Independence Day.
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Government must deliver on carbon reduction, says Rexel
Rexel UK has called on the government to place its environmental agenda high on the priority list if the UK is to meet its 2020 carbon reduction targets.
Opinion
Q&A – Philip Hildrup
Philip Hildrup is sales director at Right2Impvoe
REI: What you got planned for the rest of 2015? PH: The main focus for me for 2015 is to introduce one of our manufacturers’ new products – the Blueberry Smart Hub. It allows the customer to monitor, control and budget what they are spending on their heating and hot water. As a distributor of the Blueberry Smart Hub, we are able to not only provide the consumer with a great product, but it will also help us build a relationship with them by communicating via the hub to make further savings and tweaks.
Opinion
Two of a kind
Liz MacFarlane, Zenex Solar, provides an update on how things are going since the acquisition of Zenex by PV distributor Segen three months ago
News
Navitron partners with SunEdison
Navitron commercial director, Stephen Knight
Navitron has signed an agreement with SunEdison, to become an installation partner in the UK.
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SunEdison seeks Britain’s brightest street
SunEdison is searching for #BritainsBrightestStreet to mark the launch of its SunEdison Energy Saver Plan which provides homeowners with solar for no upfront cost.
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Panasonic launch virtual solar service in UK stores
Panasonic has launched its virtual solar service for consumers in three Panasonic stores across the UK.
News
Amber Rudd confirmed as energy secretary
The industry has welcomed Amber Rudd’s appointment as new energy secretary, following last week’s general election result.
Opinion
Q&A – Happy Energy
Adrian Wright is CEO of Happy Energy
Opinion
A burning issue
Steve Pester summarises some of the real fire risks seen on PV installations
Opinion
Transitioning from RO to CfD
Gordon Moran, writing for the European Energy Centre (EEC), examines the impact of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) market on the sector so far
Opinion
Commercially minded
Liz MacFarlane, Zenex Solar, identifies a number of barriers to increasing PV deployment in the commercial market
Opinion
Pollard’s patter
I am currently immersed in the Energy Related Products (ErP) directive. You may know that from 26 September it becomes mandatory for most heating devices to be ErP compliant and to carry an energy label. This includes air source, water source or ground source heat pumps. Furthermore, where a defined set of components are installed together, then there is a need for a ‘Package Label’ which could include a solar thermal device.
News
SMA Solar UK hits 35 percent market share
SMA Solar UK estimates to have reached a 35 percent share in the UK inverter market, after successfully commissioning a raft of large PV plants ahead of forthcoming ROC deadline.
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SolarMoney passes 10 million mark
SolarAid has announced that its social enterprise SolarMoney is now improving the lives of 10 million people living in Africa, having sold close to 1.7 million solar lights.
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Labour pledge requires 100m PV panels, claims EvoEnergy
Tim Hickman, Evo Energy’s technical manager
Labour’s election promise to remove the carbon from the UK’s electricity supply by 2030 would require an additional 100 million solar panels to be installed over the next 15 years, according to calculations made by EvoEnergy.
Product
Waxman Energy unveil new kit builder
Waxman Energy has launched a new online kit builder tool, to aid installers design and build domestic PV systems in minutes.
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More heat pumps than any other training centre, says Daikin UK
Daikin UK’s new national training centre is equipped with more heat pumps than other, the manufacturer has claimed.
News
No large scale solar for 2015/16
The Contracts for Difference (CfD) register has been released by the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC), confirming that neither of the two solar projects that won CfD contracts for the next financial year will go ahead.
News
Solarlec scoops LG partnership
Solarlec has become an approved partner of LG – one of just 200 PV partners in Europe.
Opinion
Q&A: Reza Shaybani, BPVA
REI: What have you got planned for 2015?
RS: We have already seen a strong start to 2015 and we are confident that the solar industry will grow still stronger. We are supporting our members to achieve their goals. We do this by strong and positive on-going dialog with the government, organising conferences, networking events, trade missions and other educational platforms to connect them to the customers.