Solar Power UK is hosting a series of events this February designed to help solar businesses get ahead in 2013. Taking place throughout the UK, the half day seminars will cover hot topics such as the new MCS guide, Green Deal and updates from DECC.
Solar PV could be on the up!
The deployment of solar pv technology is top priority for the UK’s new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with hopes of “unleashing a new solar revolution” on the cards.
Commenting on her new role, Amber Rudd, said: “We have a million people living under roofs with solar panels and that number needs to increase.” This figure relates to the number of households who have installed solar pv under the feed-in-tariff which proved popular under the previous coalition who favoured solar pv deployment on the UK’s rooftops.
Posted by Jess Lowe
on 20 May 2015 - Tagged: Solar PV Solar Photovoltaics Solar Panels Renewables training
STA lays out jobs losses for solar
Not quite the news we were hoping to hear: the Solar Trade Association (STA) claims that some 20,000 more jobs could be axed in the solar industry, as a result of proposed cuts to government subsidies; a slight improvement on the 27,000 jobs it had previously estimated.
Posted by Jess Lowe
on 07 December 2015 - Tagged: Renewables Solar Photovoltaics FiTs Feed in Tariffs
Feed in Tariff review announced
Yesterday, (17th December), DECC announced the details of its Feed in Tariff Scheme review, confirming that subsidies will be cut by 64%, a significant figure, but not quite as much as the 84% predicted. Under the new tariffs, there will be a 4.8% rate of return for solar, 5.9% for wind, and 9.2% for hydro.
Narec Distributed Energy to accept SolarCoin cryptocurrency
Logic Certification approved centre, Narec Distributed Energy (NDE), will accept the SolarCoin cryptocurrency as payment for its LCL solar photovoltaic training qualification.
Maximising the potential of solar PV
Ahead of the Solar Trade Association (STA) annual conference, which is to be held in Glasgow tomorrow - 31 May 2018, Lior Handelsman, Vice President and Founder of SolarEdge has written a blog for the STA spelling out the opportunities for Behind the Meter (BTM) Generation and renewable energy storage.
Posted by Jess Lowe
on 30 May 2018 - Tagged: Solar PV Solar photovoltaics Renewable renewables training