News
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.
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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.
News
Nominations open for Energy Efficiency & Renewables Awards
Nominations have opened for this year’s Energy Efficiency & Renewables Awards.
News
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.
News
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.
News
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.
News
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.
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Pupils explore renewables with Mitsubishi
Students from a Primary School in Rattlesden, Suffolk have been exploring renewable technology with heat pump manufacturer, Mitsubishi Electric – which has been offering its Renewable Training Centre to schools wishing to study renewable energy as part of the curriculum.
News
SolarMax expands UK operations
New UK distribution manager Andrew Lycett
Swiss inverter manufacturer SolarMax has increased the size of its UK operation by adding to its sales team.
News
Ecolution celebrates 15th birthday
Solar thermal and PV installers Ecolution is celebrating its 15th anniversary this month.
News
SolarEdge sets its sights on UK growth
SolarEdge UK country manager, Daniel Huber
SolarEdge Technologies is targetting increased growth in the UK during the next 12 months after establishing a firm foothold in 2013.
Product
LG extends MonoX NeON range
LG Solar has presented a new extension of the MonoX NeON family.
News
NTD appeals for installers to come on board
Installers are being sought by Natural Technology Developments (NTD) which launched the first UK-designed and manufactured dual generation solar PV-T panel at London’s Ecobuild show earlier this month.
Product
Introducing the ThermaTwin
Discrete Heat has introduced ThermaTwin solar panels incorporating both solar PV and solar thermal technology.
News
Myriad Solar records impressive growth despite FiT cuts
Myriad Solar PV sales director Lee Baxter
Myriad Solar PV has reported a 24 percent increase in sales despite degressions to the Feed-in Tariff.
News
TGE Group powers E.ON energy centre
E.ON has appointed TGE Group to install a 250kWp roof system on its flagship energy centre. The energy generated will be used to power 2,900 homes in the neighbouring village of Cranbrook, reducing carbon emissions by 82 tonnes a year.
News
SolarMax expands UK ditribution network
Swiss inverter manufacturer SolarMax has expanded its distribution network in the UK with a new partnership with Alternergy.