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A selection of the latest training opportunities in the world of renewables.
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Empower your business at SPUK
In less than one week, over 60 of the world’s leading module providers will descend on the NEC in Birmingham – don’t miss your chance to secure the best deal on the best products at Solar Power UK.
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PV comes to the Bundesliga
Solarlec supplier Phono Solar has signed a deal to sponsor German football champions Borussia Dortmund for the next three years.
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Taking the heat out of PV
Honeywell has announced the introduction of new black laminate film designed to keep black PV panels cooler and more efficient.
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Making the most of going green
Chartered Accountants Haines Watts has teamed up with green technology specialist, Dodds Limited, to deliver a seminar to business about the benefits of ‘going green’ at Hull’s premier and award winning landmark, The Deep.
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Ploughcroft makes redundancies
Ploughcroft Building Services, better known as Ploughcroft Training and Ploughcroft Solar, has carried out major redundancies. The company, which entered solar PV in 2006, was a well-known name in the renewables world.
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DECC unveils domestic RHI proposals
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has today published consultation documents for the introduction of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive.
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Housebuyers give solar the thumbs up
A Burnley company has praised UK house buyers for giving solar panels the thumbs up in a survey on “non-essential” property extras.
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Libra partners with Canadian Solar
PV distributor Libra Energy has announced it is now in partnership with Canadian Solar as an authorised reseller and will add Canadian Solar’s product range to its own portfolio.
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Profit crisis brews in China
Growing numbers of Chinese PV manufacturers are downgrading sales forcasts and shedding staff as profits continue to fall sharply in the Far East.
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PM backs ‘virtual power station’ scheme
Prime minister David Cameron opens a 12.65kW PV installation at Eynsham village hall, Oxfordshire
David Cameron has thrown his weight behind an ambitious scheme to replace one of the most polluting power stations in the UK with a loose collective of renewable installations and energy-reduction initiatives.
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Another UK first for solar
Solar plant developer Lighthouse Renewable Energy Ltd has completed a 5MW project near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire in conjunction with PV installers Solarcentury.
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Mercy mission to Malawi
Absolute Solar and Wind has donated £1,000 to help fund the charitable work of 17-year-old Mercy McFarlane of Conon Bridge, Inverness.
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Enphase signs UK distribution deal
Enphase Energy has announced the availability of its Microinverter System at PV distributor Dynamic Solar.
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RO cuts not justified, says STA
The Solar Trade Association has criticised the government’s proposals for the Renewable Obligation branding a planned 25 percent reduction in support for solar as ‘unjustified’.
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Germany enters PV grid parity age
The world’s largest solar PV market, Germany, has achieved PV grid parity, according to a new report.
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Glastonbury founder opens free electric charging station
Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has opened the Bristol area’s first free community charging station for electric cars.
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DECC consults on new RO levels
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has today proposed new rates for solar power projects which fall under the Renewable Obligation.
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Need to fine-tune your commercial roof-top offer? SPUK is here to help
With four of the Big Six UK energy providers expected to increase energy prices by the end of this year, and price rises set to affect 5 million electricity customers; it is not just the domestic market that is worried, says the organisers of this year’s Solar Power UK.
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China-EU trade dispute rumbles on
The European commission has begun investigating complaints that China is dumping solar panels below cost price raising concerns that trade relations will be damaged between Germany and Beijing.
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Canadian Solar wins governmental tender
Canadian Solar has announced that it will supply modules to Turkey’s largest governmental PV project.
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RED products receive MCS accreditation
The MCZ Group’s RED brand has seen a number of its products gain MCS accreditation.
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Ecobase launches first showroom
Plumbase Crowborough store manager Mark Taylor in front of the new Ecobase showroom
Ecobase has launched its first UK store in Crowborough, East Sussex.
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Ultimate heating
Ultima Solar has announced the launch of technology which it says will take over from traditional hot water heaters and existing solar thermal systems to deliver truly affordable hot water.