The latest solar PV installation figures published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show that less than 50kW-scale installations are continuing to grow steadily.
The British public would prefer to have a solar farm located near them rather than a fracking well, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Solar Trade Association.
The Solar Trade Association has published 10 commitments for solar farm developers to help ensure best practice in the increasingly controversial sector.
Solar thermal installations in July represented the lowest monthly deployment in all of 2013, according to statistics published by the STA, the HHIC and the ICOM energy association.
The average household energy consumption in the UK fell by almost a quarter from 2005 to 2011, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
