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Greg Barker is shown a sample of glass with OPV’s energy-generating coating by founder Kevin Arthur and chief scientific officer Dr Henry Snaith
Climate change minister Greg Barker visited Oxford Photovoltaics’ HQ at Begbroke Science Park earlier this week to launch the new fabrication and test facilities.
The REA and STA welcomes today’s Environmental Audit Committee report ‘Code for Sustainable Homes and the Housing Standards Review’, which criticises the government’s lack of progress and ambition on ensuring all new homes are ‘zero carbon’ by 2016.
Worcester, Bosch Group has opened a brand new training facility in Normanton, near Wakefield, to provide better support and an improved training experience for installer, specifier and merchant customers based in the North of England.
Nottingham’s largest solar power project has broken records by raising £500,000 from 337 people in just under a month.
Earthwise Products announces the appointment of Libra Energy UK as a new distributor of the award-winning SOLiC 200.
A new campaign has been launched to resurrect the original green Father Christmas by UK crowdfunding programme Abundance Generation.
Kevin Arthur, co-founder and ceo of Oxford Photovoltaics, is currently joining climate change minister Greg Barker in a solar trade mission to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which is occurring today and tomorrow (11-12 November).
A recent ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) may result in UK homeowners who have installed solar panels reclaiming millions of pounds of VAT, says Brian Garner, director of tax at Michelmores LLP.
Plumbers and other tradespeople from eligible postcodes in South Yorkshire, North East Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire are being invited to take advantage of fully funded accredited training courses in renewable energy, which are being held at Danfoss’ School of Heat Pump Technology in Sheffield.
Two British entrepreneurs have been awarded a share of over £5million to spur on innovation in energy storage, energy minister Baroness Verma announced today.
Zenex Solar’s managing director Liz macFarlane
Liz MacFarlane, Zenex Solar, refutes claims that the PV sector is a male-only industry
RenewableUK and the STA have both welcomed undertakings from the government not to remove financial support for the Feed-in Tariff, Renewables Obligation or Contracts for Difference.
Latest data from DECC on PV installations shows that nearly 460,000 homes across the UK now have solar panels.
The 4Eco team
4Eco has announced the production and sale of its 10,000th immerSUN unit.
Lark Energy has partnered with Armstrong Energy on the development and construction of three solar farm projects in the Lincolnshire and Rutland area totalling 30MWp.
Trina Solar has announced that it has entered into an agreement to supply PV modules with a total generation capacity of 20MWp to Lightsource Renewable Energy.
Waxman Energy has reached a distribution agreement with BenQ Solar of Taiwan.
Hanwha Q CELLS has celebrated a first year of operations since the official start of the company on 16 October 2012.
Tata Steel has launched its solar ground mount system in the UK.
A new thermodynamic hot water system that retrofits to existing hot water cylinders has been launched for the UK market.
Bunmi Alao, managing director of Cougar Solar, is encouraging homeowners to turn to solar heating in order to stave off rising fuel bills.
(L to R) Peter Thom, FIDHEE, David Matthews, FIDHEE, Bill Bucknell, FIDHEE, retiring chairman and John Martin, FIDHEE, president
The Institute of Domestic Heating & Environmental Engineers (IDHEE) has announced that David Matthews, FIDHEE, has succeeded Bill Bucknell, FIDHEE, as ceo of the Institute.
Climate change minister Greg Barker
Climate change minister Greg Barker will open Solar Energy UK at the NEC Birmingham on Tuesday 8 October 2013.
The Good Energy ceo Juliet Davenport
Renewable electricity supplier Good Energy has announced the launch of its first corporate bond which the company says will offer investors a coupon of 7.25 percent per annum, paid half-yearly.