The latest quarterly report published by IMS Research has shown that the expansion of PV wafer, cell and module manufacturing capacity will slow dramatically throughout the rest of 2012 in response to slowing demand in key regions and a severe oversupply of PV products.
In the wake of the Government’s formal FiT consultation, which proposed a slash in the FiT rate of over 50%, the UK solar industry has felt a great sense of injustice, stemmed from a seemingly…
The environmental charity, Friends of the Earth, has written to climate change minister Greg Barker warning that unless the Government agrees to amend its proposals by 4pm on Friday, November 11, it will commence court proceedings.
Shortly after the proposed feed-in tariffs were announced the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published its Impact Assessment (IA) which outlines the finer details of why the UK solar industry is facing such extreme cuts.
In response to Government’s recent solar policy proposals the Environmental Audit Committee and Energy and Climate Change Committee are calling for evidence on the feed-in tariffs for small-scale solar photovoltaic energy, with a view to hearing oral evidence later this month.
Leominster Community Solar has taken the bold decision to proceed with the planned 50kWp installation on Leominster’s sports centre’s roof with the backing of the project’s installer Southern Solar.
In the wake of Government’s recent feed-in tariff announcement independent generation consolidator SmartestEnergy is calling for a single rate for all FiT projects in the UK.
A 105kWp solar PV system has been installed on the roof of the NEWS waste recovery facility at Costessey near Norwich. After evaluating a number of different renewable energy technologies, The Norse Group Board gave the green light to install the £300,000 system in April 2011 as the 6000m2 south-facing roof was ideally suited to benefit from solar PV technology.
Following the Government’s recent FiT cuts, Brighton Energy Co-operative has been forced to postpone the launch of its share offer as it waits for the results of the FiT review for community schemes, which is due December 23.
The refurbishment of Whitebeck Court in Manchester offered the opportunity for Myriad Solar, in conjuction with Wates Living Space, to install a bespoke solar PV system that maximised both the horizontal space offered by the roof and the vertical space offered by the south-facing façade.
