Clean Energy

We are approaching the sixth annual Solar Energy UK conference and exhibition, hosted by our publisher Solar Media. Taking place next week amid challenging times for the UK PV industry, recognition of the potential of storage at the top level at last, and actions already underway by the industry, will be among the central topics of discussion, with more exhibitors and conference strands than ever before.

October’s trade show provides a chance to start fine-tuning your core solar business and discover the new avenues to revenue in the year ahead.

Glasgow-based residential solar company Home Energy & Lifestyle Management (Helms) has received a record £200,000 fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after being found guilty of making automated nuisance calls.

Nominations for 2015’s Solar Power Portal Awards are currently open. Returning for its third year, the Solar Power Portal Awards will take place on 13 October, the first evening of the sixth Solar Energy UK exhibition in Birmingham.

Low-income families are paying a disproportionately higher amount towards green energy levies than others and are struggling with an “unfair burden”, a report issued by the Institute for Public Policy Research has found.

Costa Coffee has unveiled what it claims is the country’s first ‘zero energy’ coffee shop in Telford.

A third of all green deal plans taken out with the Green Deal Finance Company (GDFC) have been used to fund solar PV installs it emerged after a record week for the company. 

The head of community energy at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said yesterday that the government wants to see an “upsurge” in community generated energy projects, while acknowledging serious barriers exist in policy.

The Secretary for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey says he expects to respond to recommendations for the Community Energy Strategy this Autumn.

A consortium of UK environmental groups and the Liberal Democrats have both announced the environment should be a top priority of the 2015 election.