Solar 26

News

DECC confirms RO closure to large-scale solar

DECC has confirmed that the Renewables Obligation (RO) will close to new large-scale solar above 5MW from 01 April 2015, because of budgetary pressure.
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News

Amber Rudd visits IKEA solar service

Climate change minister Amber Rudd was welcomed earlier this month by IKEA’s head of sustainability Joanna Yarrow, to tour IKEA’s Southampton store and discuss IKEA’s sustainability strategy for 2020.
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News

Panasonic announce record low claim in Europe

Image credit: Natural Generation Panasonic Eco Solutions has announced a new European record low claim rate of 0.00381 percent for its solar modules.
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Opinion

The generation game

Steve Pester, BRE, lifts the lid on the NSC’s latest exciting research collaboration with the UK MET Office
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Opinion

Talking point

Zenex Solar’s managing director Liz macFarlane Liz MacFarlane, Zenex Solar, looks ahead to next month’s Solar Energy UK exhibition at the NEC
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Opinion

Two minutes with… Kensa

Q: Who are you? Simon Lomax, managing director of the Kensa Group and chairman of the Ground Source Heat Pump Association.
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Opinion

Q&A – Solfex

Q: What have you got planned for the rest of 2014? We intend to grow our online sales activities for most of our product groups, and with the launch of our new photovoltaic kit builder this month, customers will be able to design a PV system in six simple clicks of a button, the inverter size and mountings will automatically be matched according to the installation requirements and then the system can be ordered on the customer’s account for next day delivery.
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Opinion

Are You Preparing For a Sustainable Future?

By Jason Hobson, managing director at Gledhill, the cylinder specialist In the world of commercial developments ‘future proofing’ has become the buzz word driving design innovation. For domestic dwellings, it’s a concept closely linked to sustainability; ensuring that today’s installations can be adapted to tomorrow’s needs and technologies to reduce the cost and waste implications of early replacement.
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Opinion

Two minutes with… NIBE

Who are you? Phil Hurley, managing director at NIBE Energy Systems
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Opinion

Switching from oil and gas to renewables

Since the launch of the domestic RHI, HETAS has seen a noticeable increase in demand for biomass training and MCS registration, reports Robert Burke
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Opinion

Pollard’s Patter

Plumb Center’s head of sustainability Tim Pollard The cost of electricity from solar PV panels has reached parity with grid electricity in Germany, Italy, and Spain, according to consulting firm Eclareon. There are some who think that this will be the signal for a massive surge in demand and huge market growth. It is at this point that we should take a closer look at the definition of grid parity.
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