Opinion
Current affairs
By guest columnist Bill Wright, head of energy solutions, Electrical Contractors’ Association
Solar 29
Opinion
Two minutes with GreenKit
Who are you?
Christos Kottis, commercial director at GreenKit
Opinion
Q&A – Kevin Arthur, Oxford PV
What have you got planned for the rest of 2014?
We’ll be pushing ahead towards a power conversion efficiency of 20 percent and working on achieving the stability that is needed for our PV technology to be incorporated into buildings. At the same time, we will be exploring the utility market and will also be launching a pretty major funding round. The team is likely to expand by another 15-10 people too. It’s going to be a busy nine months!
News
Solar Advanced Systems launches RIOS PV financing scheme
Solar Advanced Systems is offering zero capital investment, fully maintained PV installations to businesses through its Renewable Incentive Operating Scheme (RIOS).
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Web TV show to demonstrate solar savings
Simon Leadbetter of website Blue & Green Tomorrow and Westinghouse Solar’s James Carpenter will present a live web TV show later today at 1.30pm.
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TGE Group signs multi-million pound financing deal
TGE md Rupert Higgin
Cheshire-based TGE Group has agreed a financing deal with Macquarie Lending to supply PV systems for commercial buildings across the UK.
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Nominations reminder for Energy Efficiency & Renewables Awards
Nominations are open for this year’s Energy Efficiency & Renewables Awards.
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REA & STA respond to possible solar policy changes
The STA and REA have urged DECC to rethink plans to review support levels for solar PV.
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Segen launches online forum
Andy Pegg, managing director at Segen
Segen has launched a new online discussion forum, available to its customers. The forum has been designed to enable the industry to discuss topics and share experiences of solar PV and heat pumps.
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Worcester, Bosch criticises MCS product testing
Martyn Bridges, director of marketing and technical support at Worcester, Bosch Group
Martyn Bridges, director of marketing and technical support at Worcester, Bosch Group has spoken out against the number of barriers now in place for those looking to achieve Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) product accreditation.
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Solarlec takes pole position in Sharp PV sales
Solarlec director Nick Keighley
Sharp has announced that Burnley-based PV installer Solarlec was its highest achieving domestic solar panel provider in the UK over the last six months.
Product
Quantum brings Maxcellerator to market
Oxford-based Quantum Power has launched the Maxcellerator which, it says, boasts 100 percent more daily energy harvest than standard or maximum power point tracker (MPPT) devices.
Product
Segen stocks Delta
Segen has announced the launch of its Delta Black solar panels from Perlight Solar.
News
Industry reaction to launch of RHI ‘game changer’
After a number of false starts, the industry has greeted today’s announcement that the Domestic RHI is now open with a great deal of enthusiasm.
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Nominations open for Energy Efficiency & Renewables Awards
Nominations have opened for this year’s Energy Efficiency & Renewables Awards.
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Clean Solar Solutions looks to break cleaning record
Clean Solar Solutions is set to clean 64,000 solar panels during the next six weeks in what it says is the largest undertaking of solar panel cleaning seen in the UK to date.
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Government launches Solar Strategy
The government has today launched its solar strategy setting out ways in which it will boost deployment of the technology throughout the UK.
Opinion
Supply and demand
With only 500 MCS registered biomass installers currently on the books, demand could prove lucrative for those in the sector once the domestic RHI is in action, says Robert Burke, HETAS
Opinion
A Winter’s Tale
Steve Pester, BRE, examines how lessons learned from the wettest winter on record can be applied to the production of solar panels
Opinion
Two minutes with Waxman
Who are you?
Sam Waxman
News
SolarMax and Zenex form partnership
Swiss inverter manufacturer SolarMax today announced that it has partnered with Yorkshire-based Zenex Solar.
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Krannich achieves ‘Top PV Supplier’ recognition
Kim Mann, Krannich Solar
Krannich Solar UK has been awarded a premium seal by EuPD Research for its high level of customer satisfaction for the second year in a row.
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Macquarie signs PV monitoring contract with PassivSystems
PassivSystems has been awarded an exclusive contract with a wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie to provide the monitoring of its ‘free solar PV’ roll-out campaign.
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HETAS urges installers to cash in on RHI training vouchers
HETAS is urging installers to take advantage of new vouchers which are available to help with the cost of RHI training. With the imminent launch of the domestic RHI, the voucher scheme is designed to help installers living and working in England gain the qualifications required to become MCS certified and get involved in the installation and maintenance of domestic renewable heat technologies including solar thermal, heat pumps and biomass systems.