Commercial & Residential Solar

Solmetric Corporation will launch its new 1,000 volt PV Analyser at Solar Energy UK next week in Birmingham.

BayWa r.e. renewable energy GmbH has begun construction of a 19.5MW solar farm at the disused Parham Airfield in Great Glemham, Suffolk.

Next spring will herald the launch of the long-awaited domestic Renewable Heat Incentive. However, despite the government’s apparent reluctance to support the renewable heat sector, solar thermal installers across the UK have still managed to go ahead with a number of impressive projects.

Domestic solar installations remain the core of the UK solar sector. As the most publicly visible of all installations completed, the importance of well designed and installed systems cannot be underestimated.

Awarded to the team responsible for the best building integrated PV installation in the UK, two iconic projects stood head and shoulders above the rest of the entries.

In his latest blog, Martin Cotterell looks at the various methods that installers can employ to identify problems with an installed system.

Photovoltaics installation firm INRG Solar has won the go ahead for a 16MW solar park on the site of a disused World War II airfield in Buckinghamshire.

Sustainable development company Eco Sustainable Solutions has gained planning permission for a 35MW solar farm in Dorset’s Green Belt.

Just 12 households have taken out Green Deal plans since the scheme’s launch in January, according to the latest Green Deal figures published by the Department for Energy and Climate Change.

Viridian Solar has published wind loading calculations for its Clearline range of solar modules today.