While solar arrays are far from a significant cause of fires in the UK, they can create extra challenges for firefighters. Peter Bennett assesses what the industry can do to reduce the risks and allow the emergency services to work as safely as possible.
Despite its much-vaunted benefits and undoubted potential, the commercial rooftop solar industry has yet to take off as many would have hoped. Few notable projects have gotten off the ground and the struggles of tempting companies to fit solar arrays to the roofs of their facilities have been well documented.
While the government rails against ground-mount and the commercial rooftop sector awaits its rocket boosters, car ports offer a tangible market for UK installers. Peter Bennett explores the possibility for car ports to help shelter the industry from the storm
Despite December being considered a ‘quiet time’ for the solar industry, many in the UK solar sector have been busier than ever. With RO closures, CfD auctions and a new government, 2015 promises to be just as eventful as 2014.
Anyone involved in the UK clean tech industry has routinely approached George Osborne’s statements with severe trepidation – the chancellor of the exchequer appears to have a weakness for shale gas and often implies that environmental measures are hampering business. Was this year any different?
Energy storage-themed sessions at Solar Energy UK were extremely well attended and discussions were by all accounts lively and fascinating. Andy Colthorpe took the opportunity to go into some of the topics in more depth with some of the speakers.
Sharp, ABB, SMA and Bosch are among the big names readying new energy storage products for the UK PV market. Andy Colthorpe caught up with them at the Solar Energy UK show to find out what tech fits best for the UK’s nascent storage sector.
Here we go again. On Sunday, the department of environment and rural affairs (Defra) released one of the most astonishing press releases I’ve ever seen.
Solar Energy UK has drawn to a close and, as the stands get taken down around me, Solar Media is reflecting on what has been the most successful show we’ve ever held.
