…sunlight. Keep exterior and freight doors closed as much as possible. Install window film and solar screen in windows facing the east and west.
Recommend installation of ceiling fans, as…
…past two years a lot of new facilities have been constructed in order to take better advantage of solar energy. [summary]
There used to be 1630 different facilities in New Zealand and…
…Heating;
– Draught-proofing;
– Double glazing;
– Renewable energy generation, (such as solar panels or heat pumps).
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…has seen the company diversify their skill set; having worked on one of the largest solar farms in the UK, helping complete one of the few UK gas-to-grid anaerobic digestions systems and…
…UK renewable energy sector to have emerged unscathed after a round of cuts to onshore wind and solar power subsidies since the first majority Conservative government since 1992 took power…
The solar industry is putting forward an emergency rescue plan for British solar which will cost just £1 on bills in 2019 as an alternative to the Government’s proposed cuts to the Feed-in…
Hundreds more jobs will be lost at solar power companies if planned changes to government policy come into force in the new year, 25 small businesses have told the Guardian.[summary]The solar…
Some of Britain’s most powerful solar executives have accused the government of mounting an ideologically driven campaign against their industry which has driven it into crisis.[summary]Their…
One of Britain’s leading solar entrepreneurs is set to announce that his business has gone into liquidation, in the third high-profile casualty for the sector this month.[summary]Howard Johns,…
…business investment by providing finance for green technologies, such as low energy lighting, solar PV, energy-efficient motors, low carbon air conditioning or biomass heating. The…
…[summary]Nearly a thousand staff have been laid off as the Mark Group, one of the UK’s leading solar-panel installers, fell into administration yesterday. On the day same, Climate Energy,…
…announced a major roll-back of green policies including an end to subsidies for onshore wind and solar and closure of its support for the Green Deal, and the scrapping of the zero carbon…
…to manage costs for all consumers.”The statement was published as fresh analysis found Government solar plans risk leaving the industry with just £7 million of support over three years.The…
…generate sustainable returns by:• Building over 200,000 new homes for social housing, or• Placing solar panels on 2 million homes, 10,000 schools and 20,000 public buildings, adding 8.9 GW…
…emissions every month. “While we need to see a change in attitudes towards onshore wind and solar at Westminster, there’s still much that can be done here in Scotland. As we head towards…
…Conservatives have aimed a series of blows at the green economy, including: slashing support for solar power; effectively ending the building of new onshore wind farms; scrapping the…
…development stage renewable energy projects including small hydro, wind, geothermal, solar and biomass. African Development Bank (AfDB) is the fund’s lead sponsor, bringing $55 million in…
The UK’s first split ownership solar farm is now being built at Braydon Manor Farm near Swindon, Wiltshire. [summary] The 9.1 megawatt (MW) solar project was developed by Public Power…
…training.Green solutionsOne of the winners of the last award that was particularly successful was SOLARKIOSK. It uses solar cells to offer rural off-grid communities services, such as…
Pressure is mounting on Energy Ministers to rethink Government plans to slash support for rooftop solar energy systems. [summary]A coalition of energy firms, investors and trade bodies…
We Care Solar, which provides renewable energy at low cost with a medical device that prevents maternal and child complications during labour in areas without electricity, was announced…
…REA has estimated that if the proposals are adopted and the Feed-in Tariff cuts to the solar industry result in 15,000 job losses then this will represent a net loss to the taxpayer of £94…
…is mounting an attack on Britain’s renewables industry, slashing subsidies for wind and solar while championing fracking – yet another fossil fuel.”The urgent need to tackle climate change…
…are at the polar opposite of what the British public wants. Popular technologies like wind and solar are having their support axed, whilst the more-unpopular-than-ever fracking industry…
…on nature and climate change as woeful.Since May, the Government has ended subsidies for wind and solar power, increased taxes on renewable energy, axed plans for zero carbon homes, and…
…we have seen a slashing of subsidies for biomass, anaerobic digestion and biogas as well as solar and wind.This will make very little difference to household bills but will impact heavily…
…use the sun to pay the rent.Using batteries to store the electricity which it generates from the solar panels that function as the roof and more panels in the garden, and having massive…
…(INDC).China plans to increase its installed capacity of wind power to 200 gigawatts (GW) and solar power to around 100 GW, up from 95.81 GW and 28 GW today, respectively. It will also…
…no longer be needed. This would include plans, previously laid out, to build a massive network of solar power that could be exported to other countries.The World Bank called for investment…
…sized provider network”, which it has fallen on to market the Green Deal to households. Boilers, solar PV, and external wall insulation are the top three measures financed by the GDFC,…
…have either stalled or gone backwards.”Today’s figures reveal that electricity generation from solar photovoltaic (PV) increased by a third (34 per cent) between 2013 and 2014, while…
…intention to work with utility firms in other territories to accelerate the take up of commercial solar rooftop, following yesterday’s joint venture deal with Ireland’s largest energy…
…fearedThe wider renewables industry is also fearful that other renewable technologies, such as solar and biomass, could see further cuts to financial support.Dr Nina Skorupska, chief…
…man has already caused. Methane being released as permafrost thaws and melting ice meaning less solar energy reflected back into space are two examples.”That’s the scientific nightmare,”…
…responsive to consumer demand, allowing people to sell back surplus electricity from their solar panels or electric cars to the electricity network. This would singularly reduce the power…
…boiler that will provide the estate with 100 per cent of its heating needs.”We fit heat pumps and solar thermal, but biomass – in its various forms – is over 95 per cent of our work,” Allen…
…wide-scale fracking. I think they need to move to renewable energy, particularly hydropower and solar power.”The Guardian has launched a campaign to examine the consequences of climate…
…for 15 onshore wind projects with a combined capacity of 748.55 MW. By contrast, just five solar projects, totalling less than 72 MW, have been awarded contracts.”Driven down…
…to help people make their homes more energy efficient by installing new boilers, insulation and solar panels. But the unique financing at the heart of the scheme saw little take-up and the…
…though, came when it moved from being an installer to also supplying kit – teaming up with SOLARFOCUS, an Austrian biomass and solar thermal technology company as its UK distributor. The…
…about a million people, but has been hit by political uncertainty due to rows over wind farms and solar power.”This agreement represents inspiring leadership and true statesmanship by all…
Feed-in tariff (FiT) rates for solar PV systems under 10 kilowatt (kw) in size will ‘degress’ by 3.5 per cent from April 2015 thanks to capacity deployed in the last quarter of 2014 exceeding…
…it is no long morally defensible to ignore the consequences of climate change.”Leggett, now a solar energy entrepreneur and climate campaigner, points to Total of France as the kind of…
…side but also on the winners’ side. Some assets will lose value, but others will gain value, like solar and wind power and land for biomass production.”In 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel…
…financing were the key themes in GreenWise’s top 10 green business stories of 2014.[summary]Major solar farms to built on three former Nottinghamshire colliery sites was our most popular…
…stepping up its efforts to deal with climate change, and was increasing its targets for expanding solar power and energy efficiency. “In the next two years, there will be major changes,” he…
…energy projects is being hailed as new “positive” way to raise capital for onshore wind and solar in the UK by enabling developers to mobilise communities to take a stake in local…
…and that we not ask these energy poor countries to wait until there are ways of ensuring that solar and wind power can provide the kind of base load that all countries need in order to…
…Woodford.Those SMEs that received grant funding to develop their concepts further included The Solar Cloth Co, which has designed solar power coverings for non-load bearing roofs and car…
…said. “It will require China to deploy an additional 800-1,000 gigawatts of nuclear, wind, solar and other zero-emission generation capacity by 2030 – more than all the coal-fired power…
…energy trade bodies, community energy groups and academics say that major future wind and solar farms should give communities the chance to invest and own as much as a quarter of…
One of the UK’s largest solar rooftop installations is being built at a giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) distribution centre in the East Midlands, it was announced…
…insulated panel-facades that snap on like Lego. Insulated roofs adorned with 24 high-efficiency solar panels each are fastened on top, while heat pumps, hot water storage tanks and…
…worth of support subsidies to the renewable power industry this autumn but has angered the solar industry and been accused of not providing value for money.[summary]The budget for a new…
…product uses an integrated battery and control system to store electricity generated from solar panels during the day and release the stored energy during the evening, effectively giving…
Solar has the potential to create 60 gigawatts of generation capacity by 2030, supporting 50,000 green jobs and contributing £25.5 billion to the UK economy, according to major new research…
…four million UK homes off the gas grid, renewable technologies such as biomass, heat pumps and solar hot water are the most cost-effective options for heat, as well as being the most…
…to invest up-front in energy efficiency or sustainability measures, such as smart meters or solar panels. Those that do choose to take out a Green Deal loan – a Government scheme to help…
Wind, solar and other renewable power capacity grew at its strongest ever pace last year and now produces 22 per cent of the world’s electricity, the International Energy Agency said on…
…supply chain.[summary]The free toolkit is primarily aimed at suppliers and installers of solar, wind, biomass, hydropower and heat pumps, but will also be valuable to potential investors…
…industry,” says Oriel. “For example, there’s a start-up of ours called Naked Energy which makes solar panels. It developed the panels but needed pilot sites to use them so we introduced it…
…UK in recent years to set up energy co-ops to generate clean electricity from wind turbines and solar panels.Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary, last year visited a community solar scheme on a…
…over 30 kilowatt (kw) to shop around for the best quotes for their exported power. Generators of solar, biomass, hydro and wind power can use the platform to find the best offer for their…
…improvements to the non-domestic RHI in May saw higher tariff rates for biomass heat projects and solar heating, in addition to new support for air source heat pumps, biomass combined heat…
…website.Alec meanwhile has sought to roll back clean energy rules and tax homeowners who install solar panels.Or as Boyd told WBEZ in Chicago this week: “We do not work for deniers, but we…
…of YouGen’s members were reporting problems arising from the move to close the fund. She said one solar PV installer, which wished to remain anonymous “made the decision to invest in solid…
The Government is facing yet another legal challenge over its solar policy, after four UK solar firms today launched a Judicial Review into the decision by Ed Davey to withdraw Government…
…heat pumps compared to just under 500 accreditations in the same period; and 100 complaints about solar thermal technology, compared to just over 750 accreditations. The RHI has been set…
…has helped deliver across 35 investments, including a developer of large-scale ground mounted solar farms, Push Energy, and a developer of deep geothermal heat plants, GT Energy.Like this…
…Deal has relaunched with cash incentives.Last year, Barker called for more commercial rooftop solar PV, aiming to reach 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2020. At the time, Barker claimed he wanted five…
…change, although in April this year she issued a statement showing concern over large scale solar farms but welcoming the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s support for rooftop solar…
…regime breaches competition rules.Renewable energy has taken up some slack, with new wind farms, solar parks and biomass facilities now able at times to generate up to 15 per cent of the…
The Government faces the prospect of paying £132 million in damages to solar and construction companies for unlawful policy changes made to subsidies for solar electricity.[summary]In…
…70 per cent of the market.”According to trade bodies the Renewable Energy Association and the Solar Trade Association (STA), the watered-down measures mean occupants of new homes will get…
…Hub will to fund up to 25 renewable energy projects this year, including 1 megawatt (MW) of solar panels across over 20 Oxfordshire schools.It’s the largest single investment the Low Carbon…
…and Somerset with just under 200 MW. Gloucestershire is the least green, with just over 100 MW. Solar PV powering aheadIn terms of technologies, solar PV is the most widely deployed across…
…revealed this week show.[summary]Onsite generation of power through renewable sources, including solar PV and anaerobic digestion, has rocketed up by more than 25 per cent, with the…
…them through a system of tariffs. It supports renewable heat technologies such as biomass, solar thermal and heat pumps. The Government has said it will help cut carbon emissions and create…
…collieries are set to witness what is being billed as “major regeneration” as a 30 megawatt solar array is installed across brownfield sites in the East Midlands.[summary]The old…
…of Energy and Climate Change showed that a fifth of all electricity was generated in Britain by solar, wind and other green technologies in the first three months of the year to 18.1…
…the whole of 2013, the amount of electricity generated from renewable energy sources, including solar, hydro and biomass, was up by 30 per cent on 2012. Offshore wind rose the most – by 52…
…already generating a large proportion of our energy needs from other renewable sources, including solar and wind, and with the addition of biomass boilers on our farms, we’re well placed to…
…the previous third round of funding Plymouth University was given £564,940 for installation of a solar thermal system used in combination with a combined heat and power (CHP) plant to…
…to bring it to its current sustainable state. This has included installing computer-integrated solar panels, extensive insulation, two conservatories, a high-efficiency wood burner and a…
…of sustainability in the arts include the Arcola Theatre in London, which has installed solar panels and a 60 kilowatt biomass boiler, and the Bestival music festival, which promotes the…
…Association, welcomed giving communities the right to take a financial stake in local wind and solar energy projects: “This is an important step for securing sustained public support for…
…proven technologies into new homes,” said Leonie Green, head of External Affairs for the Solar Trade Association (STA).”The Solar Trade Association has been concerned for some time about…
…most polluting coal plants. They can install carbon-sucking retrofits. They can expand wind and solar energy, upgrade the electrical grid, encourage customers to update to more efficient…
…which come into force today, will see higher RHI tariff rates for biomass heat projects and solar heating. This is in addition to crucial new support for air source heat pumps, biomass…
…France and Austria.Musk told the Guardian last year that the UK charging network would be solar-powered, and that he planned in future to make the company’s high-end cars in Europe in the…
…portfolio of investments following the Government’s decision to cut subsidies for utility-scale solar parks. “Good Energy had taken the decision to invest in the project before the solar…
…management’ goods and services – encompassing products for renewable energy sources such as wind, solar power and biofuels. Output soared from 100 to 240 per unit of GDP (Gross Domestic…
…reliant Europe is as a whole on energy, yet we have huge renewable energy resources in terms of solar, offshore wind, onshore wind, geothermal, hydro and so on,” he adds.If the first two…
…was the world’s first green energy company and today owns and operates wind farms and solar parks that help to power over 110,000 homes and business customers it supplies.Like this content?…
Solar businesses are already being hit by cuts to large-scale solar subsidies, which the Government is planning to bring in from next year – with warnings from the solar sector that it could…
The Government is to make drastic changes to its financial support for solar energy farms, in a move condemned by green activists and renewable power companies as likely to reduce the UK’s…
…the most recent government data.[summary]The biggest renewable sector employer worldwide is the solar panel industry, which employed 2.27 million people, according to Irena, a body…
…project, block controls on fracking, and make it more expensive for homeowners to invest in solar panels – as well as block the EPA regulations, according to internal documents.
The…
The Energy Minister is to shortly announce a cut in Government subsidies for solar parks.[summary]Greg Barker will announce a review into solar photovoltaic (PV) subsidies within the next two…
…announced today despite two having made it to the CfD ‘go early’ stage. Onshore wind, along with solar, lost out to offshore wind when the Government unveiled the ‘strike price’ – a…
…schemes at properties across England and Wales, including biomass boilers for heating castles and solar panels on stately homes.Last year it launched a £3.5 million plan with Good Energy to…
…and 100 per cent of its data centres are now powered by renewable energy sources such as solar power.Lisa Jackson, the former administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency and…
…with measures that cut energy waste, renewable energy – such as wind, hydropower and solar – is viewed most favourably by the report as a result of its falling costs and large-scale…
…of pounds for the heat they generate from renewable technologies such as biomass boilers and solar hot water systems under the long-awaited domestic Renewable Heat Incentive…
…from criticisms of geoengineering.Currently, the draft for policymakers makes no mention of solar geoengineering, an even more controversial method that involves spraying sulphate aerosols…
…with an intensification of offshore wind farms.The manifesto will also focus on greater use of solar power, a point highlighted when the Government unveiled plans this week to encourage…
David Cameron has been told to “step in right now” to put a stop to leaks from within his party suggesting he is considering new curbs on onshore wind farms as a Tory pledge at the next…
…Predictor, which is looking to raise £250,000 for its green energy assessment tool for wind and solar energy, and fuel cell innovator Ipower, which aims to raise £200,000 through ‘the…
…assessed, Lagoon 3, has a cost of about £90 per MWh, broadly similar to onshore wind, large-scale solar and even gas-fired plants, Shorrock said.This month, plans for the world’s first…
…customers often assume the only way to get renewable power is to install a wind turbine or solar panels, when in fact they also can purchase large amounts of green electricity without any…
Sainsbury’s, the UK supermarket trying to become Britain’s greenest grocer, is calling on innovators with market ready cutting edge photovoltaic (PV) solutions to help make its stores…
… She added she was also looking to invest in renewable technologies other than wind and solar, and enter for the first time the energy efficiency sector.To date, the average size of an…
…by 2020 and said the store had installed or was in the process of installing more than 550,000 solar panels and 137 wind turbines across its operations. The solar panels and the wind farms…
Leading insulation manufacturer Kingspan has launched a new “fully-funded” solar energy solution in a bid to get more businesses to harvest the energy from the sun from their…
…this will open up multiple opportunities for the installation of air source heat pumps and solar thermal technology – but only for those with Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) or…
Leading UK solar farm company Lightsource Renewable Energy said it is set to almost double its generating capacity to 600 megawatts over the next six to eight months.[summary]The major growth…
…said the sharp fall in investment in Europe was partly the result of declining costs for solar panels, bringing down the costs of rooftop solar. Even with the lower figures for clean energy…
Solar, renewable subsidies, energy efficiency, alternative financing solutions, green grants, low-carbon transport and cleantech innovation were all key themes in GreenWise’s top 10 stories of…
…entrepreneurs it runs in Brixton and is supporting its first start-up – Funky Renewables – a solar PV installer in South London, which Bischof is a director of. The incubator aims to raise…
…scheme. Meanwhile, commercial and industrial companies that install technologies such as solar thermal, biomass and ground source heat pumps will benefit from higher RHI tariffs.Barker said…
…have been announced by the Government.[summary]They confirm that onshore wind and large solar projects will receive less Government support than previously expected, and that offshore wind…
The Government is to cut the levels of subsidies it provides to onshore wind farms and large scale solar, in favour of offshore wind.[summary]Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander…
…more “joined-up” with other green schemes, including the Feed-in Tariff payments for people with solar panels and a Renewable Heat Incentive scheme launching for householders next year.The…
…from technologies such as combined heat and power (CHP), anaerobic digestion (AD) wind and solar, will grow by 130 per cent and save UK businesses £33 billion between 2010 and 2030,…
The solar industry is launching a campaign to more than double the number of homes generating electricity from solar over the next year.[summary]Almost 460,000 homes across the UK now have…
…(ECO) to just over five per cent (£60), and support for cleaner energy, such as wind energy and solar, 3.6 per cent (£50) a year on annual household bills. “Renewables policy makes up…
…(£50) a year on annual household bills in support for cleaner energy, such as wind energy and solar. “I recently wrote to energy companies asking them to publish their costs of delivering…
…in the UK currently total £30 million in value of investments. The £5.8 million Westmill Solar Cooperative, is the largest, but more are coming on stream all the time. Cornwall trialOpen…
…but growing number of these were community renewables, said Hartzell. “We’ve managed the Westmill Solar Cooperative, a £5.8 million community renewable energy project, last year, and now we…
Installations of solar power in the UK are likely to top records this year, and could offset some of the expensive dependence on gas, research has found, but the global outlook for green…
…to Labour’s price freeze by removing some green levies on bills that go towards subsidising wind, solar and other renewables as well as energy efficiency and fuel poverty programmes. Some…
This week, Energy Minister Greg Barker launched the first-ever Roadmap to a UK Government Solar PV Strategy at the Solar UK Conference in Birmingham. This is an edited extract of his…
…trade mission this year for London-based Buffalo Grid. The start-up, which which has created a solar-powered micro-generator that allows people that are off-grid to charge their mobile…
…next Spring. It provides incentives for those who invest in technologies such as biomass boilers, solar thermal systems and heat pumps. Renewable energy installers have begun marketing the…
Energy Minister Greg Barker today called for a major escalation of commercial rooftop solar as he set out an ambitious plan to reach 20 gigawatts (GW) of solar photovoltaic capacity by…
…firm, but it shed 1,400 last year when its energy services division was hit by Government cuts to solar subsidies under the Feed-in Tariff scheme. It is not clear either what impact the…
…forefront of sustainable living by integrating the island’s future wind, tidal, geothermal and solar power using smart grid technology. But in a statement, released on Tuesday, the company…
The world’s biggest home furnishing store, IKEA, is to start selling solar panels to shoppers for the first time across its UK stores.[summary]IKEA has teamed up with China’s Hanergy Holdings…
…it are in denial there is a problem,” said David Garlovsky, project director at social enterprise Solar Active.On the release of last week’s official figures, the UK-GBC, one of the…
…greenhouse gas methane from the thawing Arctic tundra, while the polar ice caps, which reflect solar radiation back into space, could disappear.Although the report does not say so, Earth…
…replacing old lighting and improving insulation may lack the visual impact of wind farms and solar panels, but energy efficiency measures do cut carbon emissions at low cost – and,…
The late summer sun is shining on Britain’s solar power sector with new investments worth almost £220 million unveiled on Thursday by City-based groups.[summary]A new solar fund created by…
…could revolutionise sustainability with easy steps, claim researchers as Apple reveals pioneering solar farm.[summary]With a population of 3,048, Yerington, Nevada, may not strike most…
…people who live in the villages most affected,” he said.He said low carbon sources such as wind, solar and nuclear needed to be developed further but shale gas presented an opportunity to…
From humble beginnings hiring out mobile solar panels to outdoor events, Sussex-based Firefly Solar has grown into the UK market leader in clean energy powered generators. The company now has…
…supply and demand that plague the electricity grid. Finding ways of storing power from wind and solar generation is key to maintaining a constant source of energy.But storage technology has…
…the UK’s energy system, with the majority favouring a switch to renewable energy, such as solar and wind at the same time as reducing energy usage. But most were still undecided about…
Householders will be able to claim hundreds of pounds a year for green heating technologies such as solar hot water systems from next year under a flagship renewable energy scheme.[summary]…
…households to switch to green heating systems.[summary]The highest tariff level has been set for solar thermal, which will receive a minimum of 19.2 pence per kilowatt hour (p/kWh)…
…at this week’s talks, but said she expected progress on a range of areas from joint ventures on solar and wind energy to research on carbon capture and storage technology. “I think what we…
The two main advocates of a European renewable energy revolution driven by a vast grid of desert solar power have split, each accusing the other of poor communication.[summary]Both the…
…totalled over 4.7 gigawatts. Wind energy made up the majority of the capacity, followed by solar, which is the most popular onsite technology (10 per cent). Regional variationIn terms of…
…to its guidelines, other kinds of renewable energy sources are allowed aside from wind, including solar, geothermal, wave, sustainable hydro, sustain- able biomass and tidal energy….
…investment in UK renewable energy projects, has launched its fourth project today — roof-top solar panel systems on newly built residential properties across the UK.[summary]The project is…
…the prices for renewable generation including onshore and offshore wind, tidal, wave, biomass and solar. He said the prices were broadly similar to those the UK Government pays under the…
…and development and discovery to make the old rules obsolete,” he said.Doubling of wind and solar energyHe said he wanted to see US wind and solar energy capacity double in size and to…
…Freud.Other winnersA total of 14 winners across five categories were announced. They included solar lantern charity SolarAid , which received the International Gold Award – worth £40,000 –…
…that could be “loading the dice”, as Belcher described it, include a shift in the jet stream, solar variability and fast-retreating Arctic sea ice. Aggravating all of these factors could be…
…meat, eggs and cheese and generating its own electricity from small wind turbines and a set of solar panels. They sell directly to consumers at the weekly market in nearby Bridport.”People…
…of his committee. The reporters were pretending to act on behalf of a fictitious South Korean solar energy company.Yeo has denied the claims and said he did not ask questions at the…
The European Union is to introduce anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese solar panels, but levies will initially be at much lower level than those threatened by the European Commission.[summary]The…
…Enact had undertaken over 300,000 energy efficiency upgrades across the UK by installing solar, loft and cavity wall insulations and heating upgrades.”This well regarded company is just the…
…£5. Abundance now has 2,000 members, and 500 investors who have already backed two projects: a solar project in the South Downs, which raised £500,000 with a capacity of 266 kilowatt, and a…
The UK solar industry is intensifying pressure on the Government to work with other EU member states, including the Netherlands and Germany, to prevent the imposition of prohibitive duties on…
…available under the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) scheme are rising from £300 to £600 for solar thermal systems from £950 to £2,000 for biomass boilers, from £850 to £1,300 for air…
…by the Shell Springboard judges for their innovative solutions: East Sussex-based Firefly Solar Generators, which specialises in portable solar generators; Edinburgh-based AlbaTERN Ltd,…
…ice caps – the Arctic’s is now at its lowest since records began – and so reduce the amount of solar heat they reflect back into space. Similarly, thawing of the permafrost lands of Alaska,…
…beyond our control, exacerbated by the current economic climate”.The Myriad CEG group provides solar, biomass and heat pump equipment solutions.Like this content? Please subscribe to our…
…consumption in the world – up to 90 per cent less than conventional alternatives – it can run on solar power. Moreover it costs just one-third of conventional ATMs, despite having…
Naked Energy, the UK cleantech firm that has developed a super-efficient ‘two-in-one solar’ energy system, will shortly begin trialing its patented technology with two commercial…
…change reveals.[summary]The number of people in the UK supporting renewable energy, such as wind, solar and wave, has risen to 82 per cent, three per cent more than three months ago,…
…It has installed over 150 schemes in these properties over the last decade employing biomass, solar electricity and hot water, small scale wind, hydro-electic, and heat pump technology….
…such as China and Brazil, as well as decline in certain green technology costs, most notably in solar photovoltaic panels.The United States saw a 54 per cent year on year fall in investment…
…’green option’, Chasing the Sun asks whether shipping fruit and vegetables from regions of high solar input such as Africa may be more sustainable. The fertiliser and pesticides needed to…
…non-domestic RHI was originally suppose to launch in October 2012, but an overspend on the solar electricity Feed-in Tariff led to Ministers delaying the domestic RHI. Instead they launched…
…that enhanced warming of the Arctic influenced weather across the northern hemisphere.”With more solar energy going into the Arctic Ocean because of lost ice, there is reason to expect more…
…in India, villages without electricity were illuminated for the first time through the use of solar energy.”In Earth Hour, people around the world, from all walks of life, have come…
…skills shortageThe green economy comprises a myriad of jobs, ranging from energy auditors to solar PV installers and environmental professionals and the UK’s green economy is growing at…
…able to cover a high share of our energy demands in the future, and the cost trends for wind and solar have made these technologies even more attractive. The nuclear industryMeanwhile, the…
…there is anecdotal evidence that Green Deal Plans are in the pipeline. Green Deal Provider GHE Solar yesterday tweeted: “Interest [in the Green Deal] is phenomenal, so many plans in the…
…compared to 2011, despite a record year in energy deployment.[summary]Combined revenues for wind, solar and biofuels amounted to $248.7 (£166.52) billion last year, adding just $2.6 (£1.74)…
…start-up costs. Under an earlier programme, the non-profit company Northwards Housing installed solar panels on 711 houses, with Carillion Energy as its delivery partner, saving residents…
…(EPSRC), to carry out the research. It will look to make ‘photo-catalytic reductions,’ which use solar energy to create common fuels from CO2, into highly efficient processes. The team…
…People can’t see that they will get a good deal like they did with the feed-in tariffs for solar energy,” said one installer who asked not to be named.The industry was divided on the…
…by the Green Deal, while leading manufacturers will give physical installation and advice of solar thermal and heat pumps and combine them with Green Deal assessments. Ecobuild 2013 will…
…people to invest directly in UK renewable energy projects, has launched its latest offer, a solar energy investment in Kent.[summary]Hoo Solar is a large-scale, ground-mounted solar power…
…its subsidies to encourage homes and businesses to switch to renewable heating systems, such as solar thermal and biomass, following a significant underspend in its annual budget and…
…products. Today at AkzoNobel, 33 per cent of our energy comes from renewable sources (hydropower, solar, wind and biomass) and the aim is to increase this to 45 per cent over the next…
The UK is at risk of losing millions of pounds and tens of thousands of jobs in the solar industry if the European Union (EU) decides to place a duty on cheap solar panels from China, a new…
A UK company that has developed an innovative solar PV system that can be ‘printed’ on glass has received a £2 million investment boost.[summary]Oxford Photovoltaics (OPV), a spin-off company…
…solid wall and cavity wall insulation, boiler upgrades, double glazing, biomass, wind and solar. Nationwide mortgage holders will be able to borrow between£5,000 and £20,000 up to a maximum…
…around the world to reach a new peak of 282 gigawatts (GW) of total installed capacity, while solar power reached more than 100 GW, having more than doubled in two years.[summary]More than…
Launching the first in a series of six Solar Roadshows across the UK in Sandown, on Friday, Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker, said UK solar PV was on the threshold of 2GW and was…
The reliability of solar photovoltaic installations in the UK is set to get better with the launch of a new PV guide and improved standard for the industry.[summary]The new solar PV guide and…
Global cumulative solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity passed the 100 gigawatt (GW) mark for the first time ever in 2012.[summary]Solar PV capacity reached 101 GW last year, according to figures…
…gas-fired power plants last year.But the report found steadily expanding installation of wind, solar, hydro and geothermal energy. Renewables represented the largest single source of new…
…programme to tackle Britain’s leaky homes. Solfex is a wholesale renewables provider that offers solar energy systems as well as low carbon heating solutions, both of which qualify under…
…opportunities in the wind power sector as well as in biomass. Italy and Portugal have favourable solar prospects, whilst in France represents a good all-rounder with infrastructure…
…45 measures to qualify under Green Deal, including draught proofing, double-glazing and even solar panels – and more are expected to join the list. Instead of paying for the measures…
…Trade and Investment (UKTI), and other private sponsors.London-based Buffalo Grid has created a solar-powered micro-generator that allows people who have limited access to power grids the…
…companies are now seeking damages through the High Court from the Government for unlawful cuts to solar subsidies – bringing the total claims bill to £140 million.[summary]The group of…
…to power cars or turned into electricity.The £800,000 renewable energy project will place tiny solar-panels on microbes to convert the sun’s rays into energy with the aim of creating a…
…in 12 clean energy infrastructure projects, including wind farms, biomass power stations, solar parks and hydro power plants – generating in excess of 300 megawatts (MW) in total. In the…
Britain is to open its first solar centre focused on reducing the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) and make the technology cost-competitive with traditional forms of energy.[summary]The…
…projects. But the technology is still in its infancy compared with technologies such as wind and solar power, which have been proven for decades.The indication of interest in making cash…
…to costs. Not all Green Deal measures will qualify for the cashback. Installations such as solar panels or heat pumps will not be eligible because they qualify for other Government…
…retail price under the Government scheme.Click here for the full story.5. DECC drops ‘Green Deal’ solar FiT requirement, but raises spectre of further cuts9th February 2012Cuts to the solar…
…says is quite simply wrong. In fact, while temperatures have been ramping up in recent decades, solar activity has been pretty subdued, so any interaction with cosmic rays is clearly having…
…Guardian: “You hear a lot about the costs of moving to low carbon power systems [such as wind and solar energy] but not much about the benefits. What we are showing is that a key benefit is…
Researchers have developed a unique fibre that can generate solar energy which can then be woven into material.[summary]For the first time, a silicon-based optical fibre with solar-cell…
A group of solar energy firms are calling on the Government to tighten up consumer protection legislation by banning a doorstep sales practice called ‘deal on the day’.[summary]Around 30…
…up only 0.8 per cent of all FiT installations. DECC states that the total cost of FiTs for non-solar technologies (wind, hydro and anaerobic digestion) was £300,000 in 2011.”RenewableUK…
Leaders of the UK’s solar industry say they are concerned by the new Gas Strategy, which includes a “dash-for-gas” scenario and does not reiterate the binding 2020 renewable energy…
…Now, it could just be starting to crumble. Matt Scotland and Caspar Henderson report.[summary]Solar, wind and other renewables are booming as never before. On the face of it, there’s…
…of the money will go to the Green Africa Power project, to stimulate investment in large-scale solar, wind and hydro power. It is expected to lead to the building of 270 megawatts of power…
…companies who have had the fastest-growing sales over their latest three years.Preston-based solar energy systems wholesaler Solfex is ranked fifth with a 179 per cent increase in sales…
…meantime, the Government is desperate to avoid repeating a boom similar to the Feed-in Tariff for solar PV as it may be penalised further to compensate for the retrospective difference in…
…energy, where it is already active in the UK. Its other renewable interests include bioenergy, solar power and hydrogen power.Like this story? Please subscribe to our free weekly…
A two-year solar energy project at the University of Sheffield has shown almost all of the 2,000 systems in the scheme are still performing better than expected.[summary]Researchers running…
…the few turbine manufacturers to have taken an offshore order in Britain over the past year while solar companies are furious about Coalition cutbacks in the Feed-in Tariff.Like this story?…
…initial steps to register for the Green Deal,” says Loboda. “We are installers of insulation, solar, hot water and we could provide the whole [Green Deal] package for a council or private…
…today’s tiny cuts in Feed-in Tariffs as insignificant and makes the return on investment from solar projects higher than it was a month ago.[summary]The residential Feed-in Tariff was cut…
…source heat pump supplies the heating in the clubhouse, while the hot water is supplied via solar thermal panels. But with little personal specialist knowledge of environmental management,…
…gas was the most preferred energy source of just seven per cent of people polled by ICM, behind solar, hydro and offshore wind power, although ahead of onshore wind farms.The YouGov poll…
German industrial group Siemens is pulling out of its loss-making solar power business, in the latest sign of difficulties in the renewable energy market.[summary]The company said on Monday it…
The legal action for damages over unlawful cuts to solar Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) last year by the Government is gathering pace, with five more firms claiming compensation for losses worth more…
…of storytelling to convey the green credentials of its Airblade hand dryer. And this week, the UK solar industry announced it would be using the power of video to launch a campaign next…
The solar industry is planning to launch a national online campaign to boost consumer confidence in solar power.[summary]The ‘Please Your Plug’ campaign is being launched by Our Solar Future,…
…many regard changes to Feed-in Tariff under the Coalition as a fiasco that almost brought the solar photovoltaic industry to it to its knees, Barker said they had reformed a scheme that now…
…to our prudent reforms, we now have the very real prospect of installing four times as many solar panels as Ed Miliband but at a third of the cost.And on large-scale renewables we have…
…per cent rise on the corresponding period last year, largely as a result of ongoing reductions in solar module prices, which account for the majority of sub 1MW renewable energy…
…a newly launched recycled plastic plywood called Ecosheet with over 4500 hits in one day• The solar Feed-in Tariff fiasco has been our most consulted topic delivering almost six per cent of…
…thing as waste.”The building will feature the latest eco technologies such as fully integrated solar panels, whole-house ventilation and a heat recovery system. It will be used throughout…
…Secretarys’ Chris Huhne and Ed Davies’ records. “It was Chris Huhne who took the axe to Britain’s solar industry.”It was Ed Davey who fired the starting gun on the next dash for gas.”She…
…let’s not forget the Liberal DemocratsIt was Chris Huhne who took the axe to Britain’s solar industry.It was Ed Davey who fired the starting gun on the next dash for gas.Tories and Liberal…
…months, established plans for geothermal heat pump technology at 100 outlets and installed 70,000 solar panels at 169 of its retail units.It already claims to be the largest user of…
…strongly right now, bringing in billions of pounds and creating thousands of jobs – in wind, solar and tidal energy; the technologies that will power our economy in the decades to come….
…strongly right now, bringing in billions of pounds and creating thousands of jobs – in wind, solar and tidal energy; the technologies that will power our economy in the decades to come….
…Osborne is said to have formed the view that green policies such as investment in wind farms and solar power are too costly at a time of recession. He is understood to have been swayed by…
Concern has been raised over the level of payments domestic installers of solar thermal and biomass heating will receive under subsidies proposed by the Government to encourage more homes and…
…thereby reducing resistance to airflow and significantly increasing thermal efficiency• Polysolar and its transparent photovoltaic glazing panel, which functions just like conventional…
…to 125,000 by December 31 2015. It also plans to increase its generating capacity for wind and solar to 110 megawatts by 2016.Like this story? Please subscribe to our free weekly…
The first UK solar plant to power a mechanical biological treatment (MBT) plant has been completed near the village of Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire.[summary]It is estimated the five megawatt…
…the United Nations’ system to set up greenhouse gas-cutting projects, such as wind farms and solar panels, in poor nations. But the failure of governments to provide firm guarantees to…
A Government proposal to cut subsidies for large-scale solar systems by 25 per cent have been slammed by the solar industry as unfair and unjustified.[summary]The Solar Trade Association…
…said Jacobs.High Court actionBut the merger comes as the REA is facing High Court action by a solar firm over claims that REAL has acted unfairly towards one of its members and against its…
…reportedly told the Cabinet that it should end all energy subsidies, such as those for wind and solar power, and fast-track shale gas exploitation. He also urged more aviation capacity,…
Solar firms are taking the Government to the High Court over losses they claim they incurred as a result of unlawful cuts Ministers tried to impose to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) last…
…homeowners and businesses to generate their own renewable electricity, using technologies such as solar, wind and hydro.Independent energy companies Good Energy and Ecotricity both scored…
Solar panel manufacturer Sharp has begun production of a range of solar modules that incorporate both black frames and black back film to better blend in with buildings.[summary]The…
…to is the Evergreen Cooperatives of Cleveland, Ohio. It’sa group of for-profit companies – in solar energy, urban food and laundry – which aim to bring wealth into the community. Each…
…offshore wind subsidies are now clear until 2017, those for onshore wind face another review, and solar subsidies are likely to be reviewed again next year. This was confusing and scaring…
The UK’s solar industry maintained it has a sunny outlook on Wednesday despite dull summer weather and fresh cuts to the Feed-in Tariff subsidy for solar panels.[summary]From today, anyone…
…to use fuel from biogasification, as and when that becomes fully viable. A combination of solar PV panels and mini wind turbines – strikingly sited along the main concourse through the…
…renewable electricity means new bandings were set for more than 30 technologies including wind, solar, biomass and wave and tidal. The changes are largely in line with original expectations…
…5 MW – so this would effectively represent a total withdrawal of support for AD under the RO.”Solar and onshore wind reviewsIt was also announced today that the Department of Energy and…
More than 200 solar installation companies have written to the administrators of the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), objecting to their proposals to introduce more training…
…finance platform that enables individuals to invest as little as £5, is launching its first solar offer for UK small investors.[summary]The FSA-regulated investment platform has also…
…40 per cent, a move which could have condemned the UK small wind sector to the same fate as the solar PV industry, when the Government tried to rush through major cuts to the FiT for solar…
…scheme.[summary]The announcement also confirms details of the next cut to the rate of support for solar PV installations, which will now come into effect on August 1.The remaining changes…
…of Wight as a means of efficiently integrating the island’s future wind, tidal, geothermal and solar power. Hydrogen refuelling platformsITM Power will design, build, install and operate…
Glastonbury Festival has gone even greener with the installation of a second solar array at the farm in Somerset where the event is held.[summary]Glastonbury Festival organiser Michael Eavis…
…said: “[That] could be devastating for the renewables industry. First, the Government made large solar projects untenable by dramatically cutting support, then they slashed support for…
Three solar firms are seeking over £2 million in damages from the Government because of losses they claim they have incurred as a result of unlawful cuts Ministers tried to impose to the…
…the other hand, investments in projects under one megawatt (MW) in size, such as rooftop solar photovoltaic installations, reached $21.5 billion globally in Q2 2012, a 13 per cent rise on…
…the Green Deal Code of Practice.But yesterday, lawyers acting on behalf of home improvement and solar installation firm Crystal Windows and Doors said they had lodged a petition at the High…
…East-based Crystal Windows and Doors, a home improvement firm that last year diversified into solar panel installations. Industry biasThe petition lodged at the High Court claims that by…
…increase on the first quarter of last year across all renewables – with rises in wind, hydro, solar and bioenergy generation.”Alongside a 36 per cent increase in renewables capacity in the…
A small solar installation firm based in the West Midlands is set to rapidly expand after securing £5 million of Government funding to supports its plans for a solar photovoltaic manufacturing…
In a major change of direction for the UK’s leading UK solar panel manufacturer, Sharp said today that is was moving away from selling stand alone components to distributing all-in one…
…long term support for renewable heat technologies such as heat pumps, biomass boilers and solar thermal panels.On 26 March 2012 I reaffirmed Government’s commitment to growing the UK market…
…take up of renewable heat technologies in the UK, such as heat pumps, biomass boilers and thermal solar panels. The non-domestic RHI launched last year, but the domestic RHI is not expected…
Latest official figures on solar electricity installations under the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) subsidy scheme are providing hope to the solar photovoltaic (PV) sector that it could be recovering…
…innovative solutions. We have to do it in a cost-efficient way. This means producing wind and solar power where it makes economic sense and trading it within Europe, as we do for other…
…current EU target for renewables – to generate 20 per cent of energy from sources such as solar and wind – runs out in 2020 and as yet there is nothing to replace it. But having a fixed…
…This year the Government angered green campaigners by announcing plans to slash subsidies for solar energy, a move the industry roundly condemned.There are more than 3,000 wind turbines in…
…approach on recent fiascoes such as the unlawful cuts to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar PV.”Government policy has at times displayed a lack of stability, certainty and consistency,…
…the UN would call “the green economy”.[summary]Not only does it have three of Europe’s pioneering solar cell makers – Sharp in Wrexham, G24 in Cardiff and Dyesol at Shotton – it aims to be…
…staff cutbacks within its energy services division, which was hit in March by Government cuts to solar subsidies under the Feed-in Tariff scheme. Swinney said Carillion believed using…
…of funds that are supposed to be devoted to research and development into renewables, such as solar and wave power, are likely to be diverted instead to subsidising the development of the…
…change – incomprehensible when we have clean energy solutions at our fingertips like wind and solar power,” Energy Campaigner Tony Bosworth said. “There’s no guarantee the IEA’s golden…
…cash for its customers, has begun doing the same for itself with the installation of a rooftop solar system at its headquarters in Flintshire, north-east Wales.[summary]The 48 kilowatt…
…and office space, a rainwater harvesting facility, and energy-efficient lighting controlled by solar and presence-detection sensors. The site houses recording, post production and…
…has also been a re-weighting in the index which takes into account the growing importance of solar within the global energy mix; this has had a negative impact on the UK which is…
The Government has confirmed that the next set of cuts to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity will take effect from August and will continue to drop every three months unless the…
Homeowners and small businesses looking to install solar panels without the upfront cost will be able to do so under a ‘pay-as-you-save’ scheme being launched next month by home energy firm…
A supplier of solar mounting systems has launched a new set of solar roof anchors, which the company says will accelerate installation and precision.[summary]Midlands-based Mount Solar Ltd has…
…problems.”Affordability for consumersBut Davey said FiTs, which have been introduced to subsidise solar electricity in UK, are not as fair on consumers and mean less investment being spread…
The UK solar industry has today welcomed the announcement by Energy Secretary Ed Davey that he may move the start date back for the next set of cuts to the Feed-in Tariff for solar…
Energy Ministers are considering delaying cuts to the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) for solar electricity this summer, following dire warnings from solar bosses about the effects of another round of…
The Solar Trade Association (STA) has added its voice to the growing chorus calling on the Government to freeze further cut to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity in…
…helped by changes to Government policy. Its management of cuts to the Feed-in Tariff subsidy for solar electricity has been particularly damaging and Mattravers warns that investor…
…group’s view that the clean energy market has “come of age”. Ingenious recently closed its Solar UK EIS fund, which also exceeded its target raise and said it would also shortly be…
Hundreds of solar firm bosses have called on the Prime Minister to freeze cuts to subsidies for solar electricity or risk killing off the solar industry for good.[summary]In a letter sent to…
Solarcentury, leading UK solar energy company, has appointed Frans van den Heuvel as its new ceo.[summary]Van den Heuvel was previously ceo of Dutch solar photovoltaics company Scheuten Solar,…
…the Renewable Energy Association shows the renewables industry – including sectors such as wind, solar, marine and biomass –employs at least 110,000 people and is worth £12.5 billion to the…
The number of solar panels installed since the halving of the subsidy for small-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems has fallen dramatically, official figures show.[summary]Department of Energy and…
The Government is facing the prospect of a raft of damages claims after new figures reveal the UK’s solar industry has contracted by 25 per cent following the disastrous handling of cuts to…
…have also been prepared to make the up-front investments in infrastructure needed to make wind, solar and bio-energy a viable option for the first time.Whether hydroelectric power in…
…the launch of the Bristol Energy Cooperative, which aims to raise £87,000 and install almost 200 solar panels on community buildings in the city. Of course it must be noted that these…
…have just over 60 days left to secure an attractive return on investment if they go ahead with a solar PV installation on their property.On July 1, the Government is slashing the Feed-in…
…but the biggest (and, to many, the most surprising) gamechanger on the horizon is cost-effective solar power.Of course, shelling out for solar today is still a major capital investment –…
…time looks at employment and turnover across renewable sectors, including wind, marine, biomass, solar, biofuels, geothermal and waste-to-energy. It shows that overall these sectors have…
…energy efficiency, electric vehicles, bioenergy, carbon capture and storage, hydropower, solar, wind and smart grids. Like this story? Please subscribe to our free weekly e-newsletter at…
…if it’s only 20 megawatts. That seems disproportionally small,” he said.Apple is also building a solar farm and a fuel cell installation for the data centre, and plans to get 60 per cent of…
…£400,000 after it was ordered by the Supreme Court to pay the costs of the successful litigants Solarcentury, Friends of the Earth and HomeSun.Barker said the costs of the three…
…of renewable energy incentives but lack the spare cash to invest upfront in technologies such as solar panels and heat pumps. ReEnergise Finance Ltd, the company launching the service, will…
…across G20 countries.[summary]A total of $9.4 billion (£5.9 billion) was invested in wind, wave, solar and other renewable sources of power compared to $3.3 billion in 2010 – a leap of 185…
…buildings, sustainability consultant Stroma, social enterprise company Yorkshire Energy Services, solar company Ampere and Green Deal start-up Toriga Energy. ReEnergise Finance is also a…
…already switching from fossil fuels to low carbon forms of heating like biomass, heat pumps and solar thermal.”I want to give the opportunity to others to follow the pioneers so that, in…
…simplifying administrative procedures for constructing cogeneration capacity such as installing solar panels would be particularly effective to boost energy efficiency• More information on…
…the Levy Control Framework. It also means the department faces the possibility of being sued by solar firms seeking compensation for loss of business. The domestic RHI was expected to…
…deny him permission to appeal and said it will “draw a line” under the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar PV case once and for all.[summary]But, despite the outcome, some solar firms are still…
…by the Department of Energy and Climate Change over cuts to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme for solar PV.[summary]A panel of Supreme Justices refused the Government leave to appeal an…
…relevance to the non domestic buildings. Some of these are simple improvements, such as solar blinds and shading devices – but they can make a big difference to energy savings.I also want…
…get behind British jobs and businesses in the new low carbon economy. From the chaotic cuts to solar power, to the delays to the Green Investment Bank and the Government’s opposition to…
…this month having to revise down by half its own estimates on the cost of subsidies for solar electricity on household energy bills. The cost of the Feed-in Tariff for solar electricity…
…report, Clean Edge said the global market for the three cleantech benchmark technologies – wind, solar photovoltaic and biofuels – grew by 31 per cent to $246.1 billion (£157.5 billion) in…
…that install, or have installed since July 15 2009, renewable heat technologies such as biomass, solar thermal and heat pumps. Phase two of the scheme will see the RHI extended to the…
Leading UK solar company Solarcentury is launching a new solar electric roof tile that has been designed to fit alongside plain roof tiles.[summary]The British-designed C21e solar electric…
Energy Minister Greg Barker has announced the revised costs of the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme for solar electricity will actually be half his department’s original estimates.[summary]In a…
…play a big part in the development and will include a biomass-powered district heating system and solar panels, Brooks said. Construction on the new village is due to commence within the…
…launched a green production company on the Isle of Wight to make full use of the island’s “high solar irradiance” and cut the carbon footprint of filming.[summary]Chris Springhall and Bruce…
…vary by orientation between 0.32 and 0.39. “The façades have been designed to capture winter solar gain and reduce summer solar gain,” adds Richards. All-electric Situated as it is, in the…
…also supplies the mining and oil and gas industries, has diversified into new areas such as solar energy and high-speed rail.Wind turbine gearbox innovation centreAs part of its expansion…
…and development is needed in technologies for removing CO2 from the atmosphere and for managing solar radiation, even though these technologies may not be deployed for decades.”Professor…
…is so crucial, it’ll prevent situations like this from happening. Microgeneration measures, like solar panels or wind turbines, will be eligible for Green Deal finance although in the…
…to have a High Court ruling overturned over its plans to cut the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity will be presented for appeal to the highest court in the land today.[summary]The…
…in installation rate in the six weeks between the launch of the consultation on tariffs for solar PV on October 31 and the proposed reference date of December 12, which saw 292 megawatt…
…the highest sustainable standards and will include a biomass-powered district heating system and solar panels.”The new village will affect our absolute carbon emissions so this is one of…
…do it within the next two to five years. One third (32 per cent) said they expected to invest in solar panels, wind turbines or anaerobic digestion.The survey was conducted in November…
…of more than €125 billion, an increase of 15 per cent on the previous year, with sales in the solar PV market overtaking wind power for the first time. The hugely important milestone was…
…business installations before the end of the year, saying it could face the same fate as the UK solar industry.[summary]Last week, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) set out…
Solar companies have reacted with dismay at Government plans to impose on-going cuts to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity this year, saying they will be too deep and too frequent…
…delivering these exciting renewable technologies.It is no secret that the uncontrolled surge of solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the latter part of last year, driven by rapidly…
…(DECC) has dropped controversial plans to link eligibility for the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity with a requirement for properties to have Green Deal measures in place, but has…
…years, the government said on Thursday, in a dramatic increase of ambition for the fledgling solar power industry.[summary]But the estimate comes on the back of a cut in the subsidies…
…and 70 per cent and has an average payback period of two and half years. www.senselogix.comParans Solar LightingDeveloped by a Swedish company of the same name, Parans Solar Lighting…
…Department of Energy and Climate Change has been widely criticised for its handling of the solar PV FiT consultation, which was later ruled unlawful by a High Court judge.Industry leaders,…
…to meet the target set by the renewable energy sector of 25 per cent of electricity produced by solar energy by 2040 because the supply of materials, including rare metals, needed to…
…to have been caused by the Government’s handling of the subsidy cuts to the Feed-in Tariff for solar electricity.”Chris Huhne was a strong advocate of the renewables agenda and no doubt his…
…time since, not least in the on-going legal battle over his decision to cut the subsidy for solar electricity. He has shown defiance here too, saying just last week that he intended to seek…
A growing number of solar firms are seeking legal advice about compensation for losses incurred as a result of the Government’s move to retrospectively cut the Feed-in Tariff [FiT] for solar…
…help make clean energy affordable, too. Researchers are already exploring a range of ‘organic’ solar technologies, using carbon instead of silicon, which has the potential to be mass…
…are more ambitious, and are likely to require renewable energy generation technologies, such as solar panels, being integrated into the building, as well as improvements to the building…
…”It’s staggering that the same out of touch ministers who are putting thousands of people in the solar industry out of work are shelling out for lavish away days.”Ministers need to explain…
…editor of BusinessGreen, said the aim of the blackout was to protect both readers and reputable solar firms from misleading claims about the current level of incentives for solar…
…the more rapidly the budget will be depleted. This would not be in the long-term interests of the solar industry or the other technologies supported by the Feed-in tariff.”Prior to the…
…Last year, it became the first UK energy supplier to source one third of its electricity from solar power. “We’ve come a long way in just 10 years, and we have ambitious plans for the…
Solarcentury has quit the British Photovoltaic Association (BPVA) in a row over its support for the Government’s appeal bid on the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) cuts.[summary]In a statement,…
…Appeal to uphold the High Court ruling that the Government’s plans to cut the Feed-in Tariff for solar electricity were unlawful, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris…
…Parliament changes to the regulations that will bring a 21p rate into effect from April for solar pv installations from 3 March to help reduce the pressure on the budget and provide as much…
…Appeal preventing him from carrying out controversial plans to cut the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity.[summary]The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change confirmed he…
…has lost its appeal bid against a High Court ruling that its plans to cut the Feed-in Tariff for solar electricity were unlawful.[summary]The judgement handed down this morning by the Court…
…the Supreme Court, after losing its appeal bid over its plans to cut the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity.[summary]The Court of Appeal today upheld a High Court ruling that…
…50 per cent of the Davos carbon footprint with offsetting funds helping to develop geothermal or solar projects to heat the Congress Centre in Davos, as well as clean energy projects within…
…by the Government that a High Court ruling over its plans to cut the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity were unlawful.[summary]Judges in the appeal case, brought about by the…
Government plans to cut Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) for solar electricity systems will delay grid parity and extend the need for subsidies by several years, a report has warned.[summary]The study by…
A radiation surge from a massive solar storm is heading towards Earth at four million miles per hour as American scientists warn of the potential risk of disruption.[summary]The huge solar…
Wind and solar energy company Ecotricity is for the first time taking the plunge into energy generated by the sea, announcing plans today that it is backing a novel wave power device called…
…Parliament a fall-back date of March 3 for its controversial cuts to the Feed-in Tariff for solar photovoltaic installations.[summary]On 31 October 2011, the Government published a…
…Change (DECC) has announced contingency plans to delay the cut to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity, should it lose its case in the Court of the Appeal.[summary] In a…
…networks to create a new, resilient energy economy in its place, powered entirely by renewables – solar, wind, water and tidal, biomass and more besides. This will be nothing short of a new…
…to lay off thousands of jobs as a result of the proposed cut to the Feed-in Tariff scheme for solar PV installations.The Leeds-based company also carried out installations on behalf of…
…against the High Court decision that the Government’s plans to cut the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity were unlawful.[summary]On Friday, Judges at the Court of Appeal indicated…
…a five per cent increase compared with 2010, driven largely by a surge of money going to the solar industry.Investment in solar power rose 36 per cent last year to $136.6 billion. And while…
…will overturn a High Court ruling that the Government’s plans to cut the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity were unlawful, is unlikely to be made today.[summary]A Court of Appeal…
…against a High Court ruling that the Government’s plans to cut the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity were unlawful.[summary]In his opening statement this morning, the Judge said…
…for a shift to low carbon heating. They called for a massive switch to renewable energy, such as solar water heaters and wood-burning stoves, to a street by street effort to upgrade…
Nearly 30,000 solar PV installations were registered with the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme last month as consumers dashed to beat the Government’s proposed cut-off date of December 12 for the…
…in a legal wrangle over the FiT, after a High Court ruled its plans to slash tariffs for solar electricity was unlawful. DECC has lodged an appeal against the decision, which is due to be…
…be better spent on improving local trains and bus services and on creating jobs and growth in the solar industry, for example.HS2, which will be constructed in two phases, will connect up…
…to invest. The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s handling of the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity has come in for particular criticism, while there are also concerns about…
…well as the potential size of any Feed-in Tariffs.Andrew Lee, head of international sales, Sharp SolarOpportunities for business in the solar industry are now severely limited since the…
…By applying this fingerprinting method to an interglacial period with nearly identical solar radiation, or ‘insolation’, to our own – some 780 thousand years ago – the researchers have been…
…were angered by a series of policy U-turns and disappointments, including cuts to subsidies for solar power, doubt over funding for carbon capture and storage to clean up coal plants, and…
…the Thames. Below us, builders at Blackfriars station are starting work on the world’s largest solar bridge; across the river, London’s latest, tallest skyscraper, The Shard, pierces the…
…sought to appeal against last month’s High Court ruling that the Government’s plans to cut the solar Feed-in Tariff (FiT) were unlawful.[summary]DECC confirmed this afternoon it had “lodged…
…will get a lot of comment for being a very poor consultation and poor process. Can there be a solar industry next year? I absolutely think there can be, but there wasn’t a need for such a…
…Government’s court defeat of the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) cut last week believes the higher rate for solar PV may now last until the original April deadline.[summary]Jeremy Leggett, chairman of…
BP has taken the axe to its solar power business, saying it “can’t make any money” from selling panels at a time when it continues to spend $20 billion annually on oil and gas…
The Government received a second blow today over its handling of the solar Feed-in Tariff (FiT) cuts, after two influential committees of MPs described them as “unfair” to homeowners, damaging…
…that he would appeal against the High Court ruling that the Government’s plans to cut the solar Feed-in Tariff (FiT) were unlawful.[summary]Barker said he and other Ministers at the…
Plans to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes and commercial properties were today ruled legally flawed by the High Court.[summary]The decision was a victory for environmental campaigners…
Government plans to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes and commercial properties were today ruled legally flawed by the High Court.[summary]The decision was a victory for environmental…
Today’s legal action against the Energy Secretary’s plans to slash the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity was a misconceived attack on Chris Huhne’s “right to consult”, the High Court…
At the start of a two-day hearing into the Government’s plans to cut financial subsidies for solar electricity, the Energy Secretary’s “unprecedented” approach to making the cuts was compared…
Government plans to cut financial incentives, called Feed-in Tariffs (FiT), for solar electricity have created “huge economic uncertainty” and are “manifestly unlawful”, the High Court was…
The hearing into Friends of the Earth and two solar firms’ legal challenge to the Government’s plans to slash the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity begins in the High Court…
…as well as hydro-electric turbines for water mills and a range of container-sized hybrid wind and solar based power systems that are designed to replace diesel generators. The company is…
Friends of the Earth and two solar firms have been given the go-ahead to challenge the Government in the courts over its plans to slash the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for small-scale solar…
…Alliance published a report that claimed the Government’s “unrealistic” reliance on wind, solar and other high-cost renewable energy technologies would lead to an energy crisis by the…
A 17,000 strong petition and a letter signed by 200 prominent supporters of the solar industry is being handed to Downing Street this lunchtime in a last ditch attempt to get the Prime…
There were more warnings the solar industry will be brought to its knees after big cuts to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar installations came into effect today.[summary]Green group Friends…
…energy crisis by the middle of the decade due to the Government’s “unrealistic” reliance on wind, solar and other high-cost renewable energy technologies, according to a controversial…
The UK Government could face legal action over its plans to more than halve solar subsidies, the European Commission has today confirmed.[summary]In response to a Priority Question submitted…
A solar firm is lobbying the Government to increase the export tariff paid to businesses, householders and communities that invest in solar photovoltaic systems under the Feed-in Tariff…
…profile legal challenges against the Government’s decision to slash Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) for solar installations from December 12 have been rejected by the High Court, it has…
Small firms are particularly at risk from the Government’s unexpected rate cut to the solar Feed-in Tariff (FiT), the Solar Trade Association has said. [summary]This week, the UK’s largest…
…is significant and so more dialogue and research is needed on the risks and benefits, said the Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative (SRMGI), a coalition formed in March 2010 of…
…Freedom of Information request asking Ofgem to hand over the figures identifying the leading solar panel installers nominated to receive Feed-in Tariff (FiT) payments.The inquiry was…
…are under threat following the Government’s decision to bring forward a cut in the subsidy for solar PV under the Feed-in Tariff scheme.[summary]The company, which was re-branded following…
…investor confidence in its green economy. Its decision, last month, to slash Feed-in Tariffs for solar PV has led to accusations from the solar industry and green groups that it is creating…
…them through a system of tariffs. It will support renewable heat technologies such as biomass, solar thermal and heat pumps. The Government says it will help cut carbon emissions and create…
…called Energy Minister Chris Huhne “disingenuous” over his plans to reduce the Feed-in Tariff for solar PV on December 12.[summary]The comment was made by supermarket chief Justin King…
…available. And the scheme’s engineering team has been working to improve a type of concentrating solar power technology called the solar power tower.The solar power tower is an exciting…
…moving quietly to repair its reputation by switching its vast east coast datacentre from coal to solar power.[summary]Local officials in North Carolina say the company is preparing to build…
…reject a Labour Party motion calling on the Government not to cut the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar on December 12.[summary]Despite a concerted effort by Labour to mount a challenge to…
…renewable energy generation – hundreds of thousands of jobs could be created in offshore wind, solar power and other green energy, but drilling shale gas wells requires minimal…
…organised today at Westminster to urge MPs to block Government plans to impose deep cuts to the solar Feed-in Tariff (FiT) in three week’s time.[summary] Thousands of people across the…
The cuts to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) proposed by the Government will “completely kill” take-up of solar by the business community, according to the largest supplier and installer of renewable…
…$50 billion (£31.7 billion) of investment in 2020, the report said. Leading technologiesWind and solar with lead the pack in terms of technology investment share. Growth in offshore will…
A leading UK solar panel manufacturer is reviewing its operations because of plans by the UK Government to slash the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar installations within a matter of weeks….
…of festival power supply demand. However, it highlights that on-site renewable energy, including solar powered battery, temporary wind or pedal power, is meeting just 0.026 per cent. The…
…threat of legal action against the Government over its plans to slash Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) for solar installations.[summary]The green campaign group confirmed late afternoon on Friday it…
Friends of the Earth will go through with its threat of legal action over the Government solar Feed-in Tariff (FiT) ‘fast track’ review, unless it hears back before 5pm today, the green group…
…has waded into the row over the Feed-in Tariff, describing the Government’s decision to cut the solar subsidy as an “own goal”. [summary]In a sign of the growing frustration of UK business…
…has come under further pressure to re-think its fast-track review of Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) for solar installations with the decision by a group of solar companies to begin legal…
…forces in a smart grid initiative to integrate the island’s future wind, tidal, geothermal and solar power. “Joined up thinking in the energy sector is rare and EcoIsland is a world class…
…the Government with a five-day ultimatum to alter its plans to slash Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) for solar installations or face legal action.[summary]Friends of the Earth said it has written to…
…want to be green and also get an attractive rate of return, but can’t – or don’t want to – put solar panels on their roof, especially in light of this week’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) rates…
…energy research and development. Michael Axmann, chief financial officer of the newly founded Solar & Hydro division, said the company would now “actively shape the commercialisation…
…Secretary Chris Huhne to defer the December deadline for cuts to the Feed-in Tariff support for solar PV.[summary]Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said the speed of the UK…
Two select committees have today called for evidence after launching an inquiry into the solar PV Feed-in Tariff and the management of the ongoing consultation to cut the cash subsidy in…
…agenda. On Monday, the Department of Energy and Climate Change announcement that subsidies for solar are to be slashed, dealing a hammer blow to the solar industry and threatening green…
Solarcentury, one of the UK’s leading solar installation companies, says it has stopped recruiting and halted “all orders” from suppliers because of a fast-track review by the Government to…
…an inquiry into controversial proposals by the Government to slash the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) for solar installations within a matter of weeks.[summary]The Environmental Audit Committee…
The solar industry has warned that the Government’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) cuts of more than 50 per cent announced today will create a “boom and bust”, the very outcome the Government said it…
…and Climate Change (DECC) confirmed today that it plans to halve the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar installations from early December.[summary]DECC said, subject to consultation, the new…
…on its website.[summary]The document, which revealed details of a cut in cash subsidies for solar PV generation from 43 pence per kilowatt hour (p/kWh) to 21p/kWh, was uploaded on the…
…will announce its proposal for cuts to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) within a matter of days, with solar expected to come off better than had been feared.[summary]A spokesperson for the…
…the consultation proposes a small increase in Northern Ireland ROC levels for microgeneration solar photovoltaic, retention of the ROC for landfill gas and recommends extending the lifetime…
…more economic value per unit of resource consumed. An example? Electric cars, recharged by solar power, which can also double as a means of balancing supply and demand fluctuations in the…
…sector who install renewable heat technologies and fuel uses such as solid and gaseous biomass, solar thermal, ground and water source heat-pumps, on-site biogas, deep geothermal, energy…
…to bring on deployment and reduce costs. And we’ve seen some remarkable successes: the cost of solar energy just keeps on tumbling.Right now, support for renewable energy costs the average…
The Government is set to announce further deep cuts to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar systems.[summary]The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is intense negotiations, with some…
…level of deployment,” he said.The long-awaited review of renewable energy subsidies came as the solar panel industry braced itself for severe cuts to the Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) that have…
…to “minimise losses” at the company, which is based in Milnarthort near Kinross. It said Icon Solar was unaffected by the company’s closure. The installer said customers who had made…
The number of people employed in the solar industry has soared to 25,000 since the launch of the Feed-in Tariff (FiT), according to figures released today by the Renewable Energy Association…
…Why depend on an expensive resource from a hostile region, when a combination of wind, solar, biomass, marine and geothermal – all sourced closer to home – could fit the bill?This was the…
…energy saving solutions work within the modern home. Green featuresRexel’s new features include solar PV, an air-source heat pump, LED lighting, solar inverters and voltage optimisation….
…Energy.The non-domestic RHI will reward businesses that install technologies such as biomass, solar thermal, and ground source heating, through a system of tariffs. It is expected to…
New software has launched in the UK that promises to make solar installations viable that were previously discounted due to obstructions such as chimneys and windows.[summary]The online tool,…
A new renewable energy installation company has launched offering ‘free’ solar to the commercial sector with plans to invest £100 million in the sector within two years. [summary]Oakapple…
…Nissan LEAF lithium-ion batteries. The joint venture, called 4R Energy, has begun tests using solar panels and second-life LEAF batteries at Nissan’s headquarters in Japan.Storing solar…
…will attract increased investment in addition to the funding of companies that are optimising solar panels, wind turbines, and anaerobic digesters.General Electric (GE) is one company…
…they needed, and where to go for help in learning new skills for fitting technologies, such as, solar PV and solar thermal heating, air source and ground source heat pumps, biomass units,…
…extension of our existing industry,” he argues. “You are not going to send someone out to install solar PV after two weeks’ of training. You still need qualified…
…industry.”Dave Silvester an electrician from Birmingham received his City & Guilds Domestic Solar Installation certificate this month after studying on CAT’s professional installers…
…2010, European photovoltaic installations provided more than 70 per cent of the total worldwide solar photovoltaic electricity generation capacity. Solar promisePhotovoltaics is a method of…
…says interest from farmers to use these energy sources that commonly come in the form of solar panels and wind turbines has “gone through the roof”.”We are currently speaking to dozens of…
…green energy supplier, Good Energy, said it is now sourcing one third of its electricity from solar power.[summary]Good Energy, which sources 100 per cent of its electricity from…
…will also be renewable energy data for those householders that have green technologies, such as solar panels, installed in their homes. The smart meters and energy displays are being…
…the renewable heat market.But while most enquiries ahead of the launch of the RHPP were about solar hot water systems, 36 per cent of vouchers – the highest proportion so far – have been…
…and March 2012 on UK householders looking to invest in renewable heat installations, including solar thermal, heat pumps and biomass boilers. The scheme, a forerunner to the Government’s…
The latest large-scale solar systems have been switched on just days away from when the Government is set to cut the Feed-in Tariff (FiT).[summary]Toyota and British Gas flicked the switch on…
…report’s authors note that this could be provided by renewable energy, especially when wind or solar plants are producing energy at times of low demand. In this way, producing fuels from…
…Each charging post will be powered by 100 per cent green energy from Ecotricity’s wind and solar sources, the company said.
At the moment, there are 400 charging points in cities across…
…product that regulates and lengthens the lifespan of electric car batteries. Another developed a solar panel that generates both electricity and hot water in cool climates. One of last…
A Hampshire-based cosmetics firm has installed a solar photovoltaic (PV) system on its 55,000 square roofspace in the latest demonstration of the manufacturer’s commitment to going…
…Heat Incentive (RHI), set to launch next year, will support up to 25,000 installations, including solar thermal, heat pumps and biomass boilers, across UK households between August and…
…supplier this year.[summary]Stiebel Eltron, which manufactures renewable energy products such as solar panels, ground source heat pumps and central heating and hot water systems, has just…
…insulation and energy-saving voltage optimisation units through to renewable technologies such as solar panels and air source heat pumps. A new generation of boiler that also generates…
…whole host of benefits including better utilisation of renewable energy resources. For example, solar power has immense potential, but in order for that to be realised it’s essential that…
Scientists are working to build a solar ‘nanocell’ that will use the sun’s energy to make green fuels and chemicals for industry.[summary]Researchers from the Universities of East Anglia,…
…the trade body that promotes green energy, said the overall figures for wind, hydro and solar were good. “Clearly there is a growth trend. It’s perhaps not as strong as a lot of people…
Lawrence Buckley, founder of ISIS Solar, grew up on a self-sufficient organic smallholding and worked with environmentalist-turned-politician Zac Goldsmith at The Ecologist before deciding to…
…change. Our defence against that border-blind threat will come in the form of wind turbines, solar panels, smart grids and a host of other energy-efficient, low carbon technologies, and…
…M4 motorway between London and Heathrow airport.[summary]The ‘eco-board’, which is powered by 96 solar panels and five individual wind turbines, is a symbol of Ricoh’s commitment to…
…companies can now benefit from clean, green energy, following the installation of more than 4,500 solar panels at two business parks in neighbouring English counties.[summary]Solarcentury…
…It includes technologies such as biomass, micro wind, air, ground and water source heat pumps, solar photovoltaics, solar thermal and micro hydro.
Consultation
The document includes…
…One such policy is the Feed-in Tariff, where the Government’s decision to make early cuts to solar subsidies provided through the scheme is being blamed for strangling investment in the…
A solar energy firm has found a way to get around the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) cuts for large solar installations by signing a deal with a Scottish cooperative that will potentially supply green…
Less drastic cuts to Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) for larger solar installations could have secured the necessary investment to secure the industry’s future without putting other projects at risk, a…
…and risks, they are understood to be slow working, while other geo-engineering technologies, solar radiation management, are considered to be potentially dangerous. Like this story? Please…
…effective technologies Proctor has seen implemented in tourism businesses he’s reviewed include solar panel systems, building monitoring equipment, biomass boilers, rainwater harvesting…
…said. “With our national network of electrical engineers, our electricity supply business, our solar panel business and our roll out of smart meters, British Gas is well placed to be at the…
…confirmed today that it will go ahead with planned cuts to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar installations above 50 kilowatt (kW) which will see some tariffs slashed by as much as 70 per…
…is already taking positive steps to address this issue – the recent announcement by Toyota of a solar array to provide electricity to power the hybrid Auris production facility and wind…
Howard Johns, chairman of the Solar Trade Association, on the launch of the Alternative Solar Strategy Report and Solar Needs You Campaign.[summary]At this point in history we are witnessing a…
…to engage customers who shop on style and price. And I would love to see advertising by Ecover or solar-powered gadgets which focuses on their performance, rather than…
A massive solar array will begin to power Toyota’s Derbyshire plant with renewable energy this summer, the company announced today.[summary]British Gas will partner with Toyota on the…
The UK Government is being called upon to double its investment in solar with the promise that such a policy will cut carbon emissions, deliver hundreds of thousands of jobs and potentially…
…attributes the slump in confidence to the “highly damaging” move to cut Feed-in Tariff rates for solar panels after investors had already sunk money into new projects, which sent shockwaves…
…well. Q. What other technologies are you testing?A. We are looking at opportunities for wind or solar. We felt solar was a good opportunity, but the changes to the Feed-in Tariff could…
…to the Financial Times, share prices for renewables surged on the news in Germany. German solar power company Solarworld saw its shares climb 8.8 per cent, while shares in Danish wind…
…plan infrastructure for the technology’s future. The second breakthrough technology involves a solar powered charging canopy, dubbed ‘eTap’, which is to be showcased at the Centre for…
…onshore and offshore shale gas extraction, could hinder cleaner energies such as wind, marine and solar sources. If the use of the method were to lower gas prices, it could direct…
…more generally.”The first project to be come out of Sustainability in Sport, will be a community solar scheme in Manchester using Mitsubishi solar panels. Eco homeNeville’s interest in…
…lead to a rapid increase in the number of buildings and businesses heated by wood fuel, biogas, solar thermal, heat pumps and waste-to energy technologies instead of oil-fired, imported gas…
…technologies such as sun pipes, rain harvesting systems, thermal insulation, and Photovoltaic solar panels to decrease its reliance on other infrastructure such as water and electricity…
…presents over 160 scenarios on the potential of six renewable energy technologies – wind, marine, solar, hydropower, geothermal and bioenergy.
The report concludes that the proportion…
UK solar company Enecsys has secured £25 million investment in what is being described as the biggest European cleantech private equity deal so far this year.[summary]Cambridge-based Enecsys…
…scheme launched last year. This plan sees cash donated to local environmental projects such as solar and wind power schemes every time company employees take action to reduce their own…
A group of solar companies and individuals have filed a claim in the High Court against Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne over the Government’s early review into the…
Work has begun on the UK’s largest rooftop solar project on a site in the East of England.[summary]The £1.2 million five megawatts (MW) project will see 2,200 photovoltaic panels installed on…
The Government’s Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is being credited with triggering a new £52 million solar equipment deal.[summary]Surface Power, a solar thermal technology manufacturer, has…
…new specialist cover is aimed at any sized business, whether it is operating a single solar panel or a national onshore wind farm, and includes elements such as public liability for failure…
…many SMEs are investing in green products.
Increase in searches
According to Alibaba.com, solar refrigerators saw the greatest increase in searches at 258 per cent, and solar heaters…
…spectrum,” said Charter.
Companies that have used the GreenThink! programme to date include solar company Solarpack (UK) Ltd, architects and interior designers HPW Partnership Ltd and…
Large deals in the US solar sector helped push global venture capital (VC) investment in the first quarter of 2011 up to its second highest level ever, figures released by research firm the…
…more renewable energy alternatives. In 2000, only three countries had substantial markets for solar energy, and now there are at least 10 countries with such markets. Similarly, the wind…
…renewable energy industry, I was horrified by the Government’s announcement that incentives for solar power projects were to be slashed.[summary]Feed-in Tariff subsidies for mid-sized…
…bricks and mortar – by building homes both with renewable energy technologies on site, such as solar power, and through off-site measures such as a local tariff. All new homes started after…
…have not generated revenue yet. There will be awards given out in 10 different categories: wind, solar, renewable energy (others), transportation, green buildings, water, waste, energy…
…minister Greg Barker published proposals today to reduce the financial support for larger-scale solar installations under the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme, which if adopted will see tariffs…
…of renewables. Birmingham has said it intends to raise bonds for financing energy efficiency and solar on the $100 million-plus scale. Ecotricity, a wind power company, has raised a £10…
…RHI will reward households and businesses that install technologies such as biomass, solar thermal, and ground source heating, through a system of tariffs. It will do this by providing £860…
…on include two aiming to provoke discussion on topical issues such as the ‘big versus small’ solar subsidy debate and the ‘greeness’ of electric vehicles. Those offering practical help,…
…People’s Congress in Beijing. The world’s biggest polluter is already the top manufacturer of solar and wind energy and is now promising incentives for hydro, nuclear and smart grid…
Two of the UK’s leading solar energy trade bodies have come together to re-launch the Solar Trade Association and gain strength in numbers.[summary]The merge of the Solar Trade Association…
…its U-turn over the sell off of publicly owned forests. But concerns have also been raised by the solar industry over its review into the Feed-in Tariff scheme, which it says risks…
…first charging points in the UK to connect cars with renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power. Green Motion said 30 new jobs would be created as a result of the new charging…
…that captures and stores CO2 from the atmosphere; and Naked Energy Ltd, which has developed a solar panel which is able to generate both electricity and hot water in cool climates.Like this…
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) today challenged the Government over its support for solar, saying it needed to look at the potential of the green technology “based on the…
…turbine manufacturer quietrevolution. Louise Bateman reports.[summary]With all the fuss around solar farms and the Feed-in Tariff, it is easy to forget the UK has a small wind sector, let…
…Cllr George Brown told the Isle of Wight County Press. “There has been progress with wind and solar developments and we are now moving into tidal energy as well. It would have a huge impact…
Turmoil in Libya is threatening economic recovery as oil prices hit their highest level in years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned.[summary]The IEA said that the rise in oil prices…
…of investment in the next decade, and China – already the biggest producer of wind power and solar panels – is pushing ahead with a five-year plan for a “clean revolution”, other economies…
Housebuilder Larkfleet is giving homebuyers the chance to buy rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on any new purchase.[summary]Larkfleet Homes is offering solar PV to its clients as an…
Jobs in the solar energy industry are being put at risk from the uncertainty around the Government’s renewable energy subsidy the Feed-in Tariff (FiT), trade and green groups warned…
…and among small businesses of renewable technologies, is being “soaked up” by large-scale solar arrays. Critics have already jumped in to say a change in rules to stop these types of…
…in a more environmentally friendly way, such as smart meters and smart appliances as well as solar and wind energy sources.
The first phase, ‘Powering the Grid’, which focused on…
…each year.
To make the vehicle zero carbon, it’s outfitted with Lithium-Ion batteries and a solar panel on the roof to keep the battery charging.
“I believe that this prototype may…
…to launch a review of the Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) will cause “massive uncertainty” for larger solar photovoltaic (PV) farms, the industry warned today.[summary]Energy Secretary Chris Huhne…
…Tariffs is under threat. Big businesses and financial vehicles are investing in industrial scale solar farms that could potentially consume most of the available Feed-in Tariffs. The UK…
…success stories that are around the corner. What comes to mind? A vast graceful airship? A solar-powered car? Some clever piece of videocon kit?
What you probably didn’t picture was a…
…increase. The loans funded a range of projects, including onshore wind farms, hydro energy and solar PV. Some of the projects the bank lent to included a £2.7 million package to…
…fuel,” Blandford said.
Biomass has the advantage of being easily transported, unlike wind and solar power that are better suited to specific environments.
“It can be produced and…
…our way through the grim times to renaissance-through-resilience,” Jeremy Leggett, chairman of Solarcentury added.
Energy security
The system would help the UK manage should energy…
…welcome the opportunity to invest.”PepsiCo has several investments in renewable energy, from solar power in Turkey and biomass plants run on rice husks in India, to CHP plants in Texas and…
…US and European competitive instincts with its lead as the world’s largest manufacturer of solar capacity.
Don’t expect a massive up-tick in capital deployed just yet – regulatory…
…clean energy saw a 30 per cent surge in 2010, helped in large part by a massive uptake in rooftop solar generation in Europe, latest figures reveal.[summary]Investment in microgeneration…
…materials and technologies
The house is fitted with a ZED energy roof, which incorporates solar photovoltaic and thermal panels to generate most of the heat and energy for the home, while…
…commercial use. But she said an equally important use for the renewable fuels would be to store solar energy so it is available at times of peak demand, and overnight. She says the first…
…Around that time, too, the Sahara could be the powerhouse of Europe, thanks to concentrated solar power.By then, of course, China – which has already grasped Africa’s potential both as a…
…on the back of regulatory uncertainty for emissions reduction and the reduction of the wind and solar subsidies.”While many people focus on how the developed markets are tackling climate…
…size. As well as more established technologies such as air, ground and water source heat pumps, solar photovoltaics and solar thermal, the consultation will also look at fuel cells and…
…get paid for generating your own energy with a generous subsidy that’s guaranteed for 25 years.Solar gainsAnother major refit route is glazing. If your windows are already due for…
…of bondsThe money raised through the bonds will be used to build more Ecotricity wind and solar farms. Ecotricity already operates 15 wind parks across Britain (MW) and has planning consent…
…Government of the time announced it would launch a £5000 grant to bring down the cost of EVs. Solar2010 was the year of the UK ‘mini solar boom’. The launch of the Feed-in Tariff in April,…
…installs and commissions renewable energy and energy conservation solutions, specialising in solar photovoltaic, wind turbines and solar thermal water heating systems.Company growthIt is…
…third of its fiscal stimulus over 2008-9 on green measures, is now the leading global producer of solar cells, wind turbines, energy-saving lights, and solar water heaters, is aiming to be…
…week shows that young people in the UK strongly support the use of renewable energy, including solar, offshore and onshore wind power.[summary]Research published today by the Youth Advisory…
…up to be. Meanwhile, the actions of the Spanish Government in retrospectively cutting back its solar incentive scheme, has done a lot to damage investor confidence across Europe, says…
…China is doing on the ground is really impressive: for example, China is now the world leader on solar photovoltaics, and has some big wind companies. But at the same time, China is not yet…
…every eight decades, even with the long-term warming trend seen. Other factors include changes in solar activity, the increased water vapour that can be held by warmer air and soot and…
Green energy company Ecotricity is the latest player to enter the UK solar power market, announcing today that it has won planning permission to build a solar park adjacent to one of its wind…
…setting up in the UK 15 years ago.
The bank, which has helped fund projects such as a £550,000 solar array at Michael Eavis’ Glastonbury Festival this year, says it is set to reach half…
…a similar area of the world, UK small to medium-sized enterprise (SME), Interplex Solar Technology, recently received its first order to export solar panel kits to Africa.
The ‘People…
…making changes to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme to stop the development of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) field arrays, it emerged yesterday.[summary]Speaking in Parliament,…
…Supplies. It offers nationally accredited qualifications in green technologies, including solar, heat pumps, rainwater harvesting and grey water recycling and under-floor heating and…
Somerset County Council has given the go ahead to the country’s first owner-occupier solar photovoltaic (PV) power station.[summary]Husband and wife team Nicholas and Lynne Gould are behind…
…could not name the Californian technology company that he is working with to convert solar heated water into a cooling device for computers.
ExxonMobil and Shell had not been in touch…
…Friends of the Earth and the Renewable Energy Association, sent their message via a giant 21-foot solar-powered hot air balloon, bearing the words “heating is half of the UK CO2 problem”….
…launch in April 2011 and will offer a subsidy to a range of renewable heat technologies, such as solar thermal, air and ground source heat pumps and renewable combined heat and power….
…investor confidence”, while one investor told GreenWise it will not go ahead with a planned solar plant in Cornwall – the first such farm to get the greenlight in the UK – if the FiTs are…
The company behind the first solar power plant to get planning permission in the UK has said that any cuts to Government incentives for solar will stop the project “in its tracks” and have a…
The recent mini-boom in solar power could be in jeopardy, as the Government has privately indicated that new feed-in tariffs that have fuelled the industry could be slashed.[summary]…Read…
…of the insulation is made in Wales, and the roof tiles are from a local manufacturer. Even the solar panels are Welsh.According to bere:architects, the closed-panel timber frame system,…
…areas get out of poverty,” said Practical Action Communications manager Sara-Jane Brown. “We use solar, micro-hydro and wind turbine energy to help these people attain sustainable…
…in April 2011. The RHI will offer a subsidy to a range of renewable heat technologies, such as solar panels, air and ground source heat pumps and renewable combined heat and power (CHP),…
…from a myriad of Sony technologies – from GPS units and PSP™ handheld consoles to dye-sensitised solar cells and presence sensing software. They can propose disruptive new applications from…
…Barclays Capital and HSBC analysts said on Tuesday, contrasting wind with a forecast uptick in solar power.[summary]…Read more…Related news:Renewables newsGreen investment news
Spain will cut the subsidised electricity prices paid to new photovoltaic solar power plants by up to 45 per cent, the industry ministry has announced, in a move designed to increase…
Many companies, such as Going Solar, have been working hard to communicate to businesses the benefits of switching to renewable energy systems.[summary] There’s plenty of solar energy in this…
…to transform their ‘private cabin’ into an office, bedroom or Zen garden.
Fuel cells, solar panels and body heat might provide energy for such an aircraft, Airbus said, while carbon…
…added in the United States and Europe last year was from renewable power such as wind and solar, a body backed by the International Energy Agency and the UN reported.[summary]..Read…
…Bio Energy, following an agreement with Centrica – the parent company of British Gas – to deploy solar thermal and cutting edge photovoltaic cells. The deal will mean the entire site,…
…100,000 businesses, organisations and homes have installed microgreneration technologies, such as solar panels or small wind turbines, and it is estimated small-scale renewable…
…environmentally sustainable received a boost on Thursday after a Swiss group said it had flown a solar-powered aircraft through the night.[summary]…Read more…Related news: Green air…
President Barack Obama, under pressure to spur job growth, said on Saturday two solar energy companies will get nearly $2 billion (£1.3 billion) in U.S. loan guarantees to create as many as…
Wind turbine farms are set to expand rapidly across Europe’s coastal waters, throwing up challenges and opportunities for industry, according to a Reuters analysis of a leaked draft of EU energy…
…into the design including ground source heat pumps, photovoltaic arrays, a wind turbine and solar fibre optic lighting. A PV test bed provides technology developers with the opportunity to…
Europe will import its first solar-generated electricity from North Africa within the next five years, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said in an interview on…
…sees it very much as an investment for the future, though.”We now know all about photovoltaic solar, low carbon heating systems, insulation and much more – all that knowledge we can bring…
…investment in wind power, both offshore and onshore, as well as other renewables, such as hydro, solar, and biomass – effectively turning Britain from an oil and gas importer to a net…
…NuclearMost people (37 per cent) strongly agree that renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, are a better way to tackle climate change than nuclear, but a growing number of…
…Bosch is the leading supplier of energy efficient boilers and renewable technologies such as solar panels and ground-source heat pumps.”
Worst hit divisions of the Bosch Group last year…
…a smart grid, an offshore electricity grid and a full system of feed-in tariffs in electricity.Solar parks and offshore windLilley said it was too early to talk about specific investment…
…will also feature rainwater harvesting, water efficient appliances, ground source heat pumps and solar water heating. Sustainable drainage and water efficient landscaping are also part of…
Germany’s Bundesrat upper house on Friday voted against cuts to solar incentives and called for a parliamentary mediation committee to resolve the matter. Sources have said that the proposed…
An increase in sales of its photovoltaic glass was not enough to prevent an 11 per cent fall in turnover to £9.1m ($13.1m) at Romag.[summary]…Read more…
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…to those households and businesses that installed on-site renewable technologies, such as solar PV and wind, before July 15 2009. Under the Government’s new feed-in tariff scheme – also…
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…behind government policies that give priority grid access for renewable sources like wind and solar energy. IT companies should also support economy-wide climate and energy policies around…
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…forced the Government to introduce Feed-in tariffs for smaller-scale renewable energy, such as solar electricity on homes and offices. Green Investment Bank welcomedThe Conservatives should…
… This will include electricity and heat generated by the sun (photovoltaic electricity and solar thermal), biomass, wind and small scale hydroelectric power. Larkfleet Group is already…
…UKTI was particularly keen to emphasise the almost six per cent growth achieved by the solar power sector, because around a quarter of this was attributable to exports.In all, exports by…
…explained, the EPG will allow organisations to deploy decentralised energy systems such as solar photovoltaics or wind turbines without the need for up-front investment.“Under the Energy…
…as solid wall insulation and renewable installations, such as air or ground source heat pumps or solar thermal. To fund this, the Government is introducing a ‘pay as you save’ green finance…
…company that has found a way to store the energy from intermittent renewables, such as wind and solar, and turn them into hydrogen, is to test its off grid clean fuel technology in a…
…on a range of renewables, including large and small scale onshore wind, biomass, hydro power and solar energy.As well as looking at the availability of the natural resource and the…
…with landowners, commercial property owners and managers, to build, own and operate wind and solar power generating assets on sites across the UK. [summary]Vigor Renewables has launched to…
Sharp Solar general manager Andrew Lee talks to Louise Bateman about the future of solar in the UK and explains why the UK could become a global leader in solar PV uptake and renewable energy…
…will mean some form of renewable energy generation – such as air or ground source heat pumps or solar thermal – alongside loft and cavity wall insulation. For older homes with solid walls,…
…plants of 10 MW each in the south of Spain. The company is also building two concentrated solar power (CSP) projects in the country. “Sustainable energy is a strategic priority for FCC. Our…
…not been easy. “We’ve tried to see if we can get any grants for recycling rainwater or to install solar energy, for example. But we haven’t been able to,” says Conybear. “We couldn’t even…
…including a £500,000 investment in a second water reservoir, the installation of 1,100 solar panels and more localised sewage disposal.[summary]The 1,500 square metres of solar panels…
…It represents all renewable energy technologies, including wind and wave energy, biomass, solar and anaerobic digestion, among others.Paul Thompson will replace Hartnell as head of Policy. …
…10 per cent in the next financial year.A range of initiatives will be employed to do this – from solar panels to heat water, to green roofs to boost insulation, help absorb rainwater and…
…by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) at the beginning of this month, all solar PV, wind, hydroelectric and anaerobic digestion technologies with a capacity of less than 50…
Energy harvesting paving slabs, solar powered chain motors for natural ventilation systems and waterless radiators could all be part of our not-too-distant low carbon future.[summary]These are…
…the report warns.ITPOES – made up of Arup, Foster + Partners, Scottish and Southern Energy, Solarcentury, Stagecoach Group and Virgin – claims the UK will be particularly badly hit. It…
…allow the vehicle to be charged when surplus electricity – mostly from renewables like wind and solar – is available on the power grid.This would only be workable with a substantial…
…electricity generated. The guarantee in the UK is 20 years for wind technologies and 25 years for solar projects.There has been much talk about whether the returns are there for businesses…
…millions of pounds worth of Government funding to help install new green technologies, such as solar panels, hydro turbines and energy saving insulation. The Low Carbon Communities…
…to businesses and households that invest in technologies, such as small wind turbines and solar. The scheme works by allowing businesses and households that install such technologies to…
A Cambridge manufacturer of a solar photovoltaic (PV) micro-inverter that enables solar systems to harvest more energy at lower cost is a step closer to bringing its product to market thanks…
…fossil fuel heating systems. To reduce emissions even further the system can be connected to solar thermal technology. LG estimates the payback on capital investment could be as fast as…
…measures.Businesses will eligible for support across a range of micro-renewables, including wind, solar hot water, solar photovoltaics, hydro, heat pumps, biomass and micro-combined heat…
…of the loan, which can be used on building technologies such as improving insulation, installing solar panels or upgrading boilers, as well as industrial technologies such as improving…
…representing a nine per cent increase in renewables (8.900 gigawatt hour). Wind, wave and solar energy increased by 26 per cent. 2008 also saw Scottish renewable output accounting for 42…
…and requires a very low operating voltage (between three to five volts) so it can be powered by solar panels and batteries. Operating lifetime has traditionally been a problem with OLED…
…It follows a series of recent investment in other UK renewable companies, including Whitfield Solar and New Earth, and is drawn from a new £18 million fund, provided by the Department…
…to build city ports, Amsterdam want to build lake properties.”The water can also be used as a solar collector energy source and as a coolant. As the houses don’t need fossil fuels, they…
…country will be able to source its energy through renewable means.“Wind, waves, tides, biomass, solar, geothermal – all of these are harvestable with current technology widely deployed in…
…for public and private customers.This month, the Carbon Trust announced it was also backing UK solar energy company, Whitfield Solar, with £2.7 million to help the company expand…
…to help us all become greener included: confirmation that people with a home wind turbine or solar panels who plug their excess power into the national grid, will receive on average…
…of Nottingham have designed the UK’s first zero carbon mass market home that is powered by solar energy. [summary]The HOUSE – ‘Home Optimising the Use of Solar Energy’ – is the work of the…
A UK developer of a low-cost, lightweight and easy to install solar energy system is expecting to see rapid global expansion following new investment and strong interest in its newly-launched…
…crisis is not in any doubt among those who are involved in the research. Jeremy Leggett, ceo of Solar Century, speaks forcefully about an impending energy crisis within the next five years…
…New homes in the green towns will be fitted, it is said, with a combination of biomass fuel, solar panels, insulation, water recyling and double glazing, as well as state-of-the-art green…
…being permitted in locations such as industrial estates and office buildings being re-clad with solar panels.The proposals would also allow councils and electric car drivers to install…
…of the project is to achieve a zero carbon development through the use of a biomass boiler, solar thermal water heating, rainwater harvesting and a robust waste management system.The…
…stores that are up to 70 per cent more efficient and using
low-carbon energy, such as wind and solar power.The report also points out that members have achieved a 130,000 tonne reduction…
…has an active recycling programme, grey water from the roof is re-used for boat washing, and solar panels provide significant electricity generation and motion sensor lights limit energy…
…conference, the route outlined couldn’t have been more different. Jeremy Leggett, chairman of Solar Century and one of the UK’s most respected proponents of renewable energy, gave a clear…
A Cardiff-based solar cell company, which has pioneered the manufacture of photovoltaic panels in the form of a low cost, flexible material, is to see its product commercially manufactured for…
…innovation of renewable energy and support mutual goals of increasing supplies of wind energy, solar power and biofuels. The agreement, signed by Mr Deepak Gupta, Secretary to the…
…technologies with strong potential at EU level in six areas. The six roadmaps – covering wind, solar, electricity grids, bioenergy, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and sustainable nuclear…
…of businesses that generate on-site renewable energy by installing their own wind turbines or solar panels have received a mixed reception from the renewables sector.The Renewable Energy…
…part of the programme, ground-breaking research projects will get underway in areas such as solar energy for heating buildings, hydrogen for powering transport, power generation using…
…the shortage of debt finance caused by the banking crisis was holding back investment in wind and solar projects, but that there were signs the situation was improving. The first phase of…
…something different. We put a small premium on the gas and that pays income to those generating solar thermal. We wanted to test the premise and come up with a way to measure heat (heat…
… The fund will back innovation and commercialisation of new advances in wave, tidal, fuel cells, solar and energy efficiency technology through financing their early stages of development….
A network of companies, NGOs and individuals promoting solar power as part of the UK’s renewable energy mix, have called for an increase in feed-in tariffs for solar generation, claiming it…
…of carbon emissions. One of the first businesses to benefit from Leapfrog assistance is mobile solar technology company, Firefly Solar, which has carved out a niche for itself selling and…
A major project to analyse the barriers to installing and connecting solar power systems in the UK and across the rest of Europe has been launched.[summary] The ‘PV Legal’ project will examine…
…now has a variety of businesses in different locations in automotive, building products and the solar sectors. Since the acquisition of Pilkington by Nippon Sheet Glass in 2006, those…
…(ZED), has signed two contracts – one to work on a joint development with China’s largest solar thermal manufacturer, Himin, another with China Beijing Equity Exchange (CBEX) and Jilin Food…
…control of their energy use and reduce their carbon footprint. [summary]At CAT, wind, hydro and solar energy work together with an intelligent control system that can connect and disconnect…
…willing to pay more for homes fitted with renewable energy technologies, such as wind turbines, solar panels or hydropower devices. Furthermore, up to half of those questioned for the…
…that remove CO2 from the
atmosphere, such as artificial trees, or cool the planet by reflecting solar radiation back into
space, such as giant ‘sunshades’ for the Earth. Last week, the…
…developing technology that would remove CO2 from the atmosphere, or cool the planet by reflecting solar radiation back into space, geo-engineering could buy valuable extra time.“After…
…Senator Penny Wong said: “In 10 years time the amount of electricity coming from sources like solar, wind and geothermal will be around the same as all of Australia’s current household…
…companies by market capitalisation worldwide, including Vestas Wind Systems of Denmark, First Solar Inc of the US, and France’s Suez Environment.To be included in the index, companies must…
…approach to reducing emissions, such as refitting
low-energy chillers and using solar reflective glass covers. HSBC’s
chief Technology and Services officer, Sean O’Sullivan, said HSBC had…
…campaigners who continue to occupy the rooftop of a building in East Cowes, were installing solar panels and a mini wind turbine to power laptop computers and mobile phones so they could…
…will channel vast sums of funding over the next few years into research that could generate solar power.In the UK, scientists at Imperial College, London, have embarked on ‘artificial…
…scanning documents looking at the health and safety (H&S) implications of the growth of solar and marine renewable energy in the UK.[summary]In the two documents, the HSE looks at the…
…size; attributable to the high levels of insulation, natural ventilation and technologies such as solar hot water and rainwater harvesting. One organisation estimated a saving of £3.1…
…of climate change, for example by harnessing current developments in renewables sectors such as solar, thermoelectric, biofuels, wave energy, batteries and ultracapacitors, and carbon…
…“next generation technologies” such as carbon capture and storage, new approaches to nuclear and solar, and emerging biotech-based solutions.”This report shows how major reductions even by…
A commercial start up based in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, which makes high concentration solar cells, has developed what it believes to be the most efficient single junction solar cell ever…
…utility companies to obtain a share of their electricity from renewable sources, such as wind and solar.But although passed by the House, the bill was opposed by the majority of Republicans…
…leading the way through comprehensive home insulation programmes and installing green energy like solar panels to buildings,” said FoE’s executive director, Andy Atkins.”If every council in…
…forget exciting new innovations further down the track, such as a new generation of organic solar cells, which has the potential to turn solar energy from an expensive niche to a mainstream…
…reduce the environmental impact of the properties. Likely solutions range from wind turbines to solar panels and rainwater harvesting to high efficiency insulation. Although the new…
…employed in areas such as the manufacture, installation and maintenance of wind turbines and solar panels, and construction works to improve efficiency in existing buildings. WWF estimates…
…environmental features, including harvesting enough rain water to flush toilets over two years, solar thermal panels supplying all hot water during summer and retrieving the cold air from…
…as forecasting how long it will take homeowners and businesses to recover the costs of installing solar and wind energy micro power generation equipment, it also recommends the most…
…quarters of people (75 per cent) said more investment in green technologies, such as wind and solar energy, would stimulate the UK’s flagging economy and create new jobs.Nine out of 10 (90…
…back the festival’s efforts to become more sustainable, the Government has this year donated solar panels to power some of the backstage area and has provided the local Scouts and Guides –…
…may have solved one of renewable energy’s greatest conundrums – how to generate energy from solar power at night. [summary]Claus Volkening has designed the first working, small-scale model…
…Certificates), on the power. Sun Microsystems is one company that has already downed tools on solar and wind farm projects at one of its UK sites until the CRC is revised, while others such…
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems could produce up to a quarter of the world’s electricity by 2050 and employ two million people, a new report says. [summary]CSP systems produce heat or…
…a developer specialising in electricity from renewable energy sources including wind, wave, solar, biomass and hydro power. The MRC site will be connected to the Portuguese electricity grid…
…to generate more of their electricity supplies from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power.The legislation still needs to be passed by the full House and then the Senate….
…built to current regulations. Green features in the homes will include wood pellet boilers, solar water heating, solar photovoltaics for electricity generation, and rainwater harvesting…
…to win the prize of low carbon diversity, we need to look at other technologies too: tidal power, solar and wind power on land as well as at sea.Of course, wind turbines will change the…
…it recognises that other low carbon sub-sectors have significant potential for growth, including solar power, building technologies, geothermal and carbon finance. ‘Investing in a Low…
…mouth is in support of the renewable energy industry. Today it was criticised by the leading UK solar power company Solarcentury for “sleepwalking to a green tech job loss disaster of its…
A group representing the construction and solar industries is calling for the Government to make a serious commitment to solar power in the Budget this Wednesday. [summary]The group, backed by…
…into dirty surfaces, ‘snow tagging’ – a form of brand stamping in the snow – compost art, solar art and sand sculptures, as well as more traditional forms of craft, such as wood…
…element in clean energy investment is asset finance for new-build projects such as wind farms, solar parks and biofuel parks. Investment of this type amounted to just under $11.5 billion…
…Energy campaigner Robin Webster said: “Ministers must exploit the UK’s huge potential of wind, solar, marine and hydro power, and embark on a massive national programme of energy…
A solar-powered cardboard cooker that promises to transform the lives of billions of villagers in developing countries has won the top prize in a global competition to tackle climate…
Development work on solar and wind farms has been stopped at one company in Surrey and many other projects are at risk because the Government’s carbon reporting rules are seen as undermining…
…the South of England and Scotland.The courses will cover everything from the installation of solar photovoltaic systems and biomass boilers to the design of underfloor heating systems and…
…of environmentally-friendly features including ground source heat pumps, rainwater harvesting, solar panels for water heating and wind turbines along the bank of the Thames.
…saving hand-dryers and more energy efficient plant and air conditioning equipment, as well as solar panels at its Leeds offices which generate enough electricity to heat the onsite…
…climate change. The report said the areas of investment with growth potential included wind and solar, lighting, energy efficient buildings, smart grids and low carbon vehicles.In America…
…invited it to market an eco-friendly cladding system. “They invited us to market and install ‘Solarwall’, a cladding system that recycles heat from a building and uses radiant heat from the…
…Princess Elisabeth Station, which is operated by the International Polar Foundation, is employing solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV) for its energy and solar thermal panels to melt the…
…for example? Are any of them in the UK? And how are they helping change your business?A. Our solar panel installation in Mountain View is up and running, offsetting approximately 30 per…
…environmentally friendly features include a rainwater harvesting system, photovoltaic and thermal solar panels, a green roof and an automatic lighting dimming control system.B&Q offers…
…living. “Unfortunately, we don’t all live on a small holding or have £15,000 spare to fund solar panels,” he said. “I set up Free Green Market with the intention of making it easy for…
…at ways to reduce their energy bills and carbon footprint.[summary]Birmingham-based New World Solar (NWS) claims to have carried out over 350 renewable technology installations in the UK…
…firmly to the mast. We’re not just talking recycling bins here; compost toilets lurk and solar showers feature, while wood for the yurts’ heating is supplied from sustainable…
…is turning its quantum dot people, who’ve been working on next generation processors, to the solar challenge and opportunity, looking to develop new nano-based solar cells. We could well be…
…recycling business, manufacturing civil engineering products for the rail industry, and Southern Solar, which provides domestic and small business renewable energy solutions. The bank also…
…of 38 per cent on the previous year for the sector, which covers new technologies such as wind, solar and biofuels.Fourth quarter deals were down four percent on the same period in 2007,…
…range of environmentally friendly products, with everything from recycled plastic insulation to solar panels and FSC flooring,” commented Euan Sutherland, ceo, B&Q and Kingfisher UK…
…converting to energy efficient lighting, more efficient heating systems, improved insulation and solar panel water heating. At the same time, Johnson announced plans to set up a…
…lead the world in environmental technologies. “We have new investments being made in wind, wave, solar, and obviously nuclear, and then there is the whole question of our homes and our…
…increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, the cooling influences of industrial aerosol particles, solar effects and natural variations of the oceans.The global temperature for 2009 is…
…scavenging’ for scrap materials.“I learnt how to make a wormery, food dryer, raised bedding and a solar cooker from scrap,” he says.Then a trip to Fiji as a volunteer on a social…
…high-quality low carbon homes, without using highly-visible environmental features, such as solar panels or wind turbines. The homes, which are all of a timber-frame construction, are…
…Energy, which currently gets its electricity supply from wind, small scale hydro, solar power and sustainable biomass, said its renewable heat incentive scheme would initially cover solar…
…a farm visitor and training centre where all the electricity is powered completely ‘off grid’ by solar panels.”The £44,000 grant was awarded by the South West Regional Development…
…pumped into UK technologies, such as on and offshore wind, carbon capture and storage, as well as solar and marine energy, over the coming years. Masdar is the biggest fund of its kind,…
…and screening of algae strains suitable for open pond mass culture • Maximising solar conversion efficiency in mass culture • Achieving both high oil content and high…
…its latest ‘Renewable Heat Map’ of the UK. The map, pinpoints 1800 installations of biomass, solar heating and heat pump systems across Britain in 2008 – a five-fold increase on two years…
…it can play in encouraging the installation of small scale renewable electricity systems, such as solar panels, wind and water turbines. But the details are unknown – a comprehensive scheme…
…and energy efficiency technologies, including fuel cells, combined heat and power, bio energy, solar power, low carbon building technology, wave energy converters and more efficient…
Solar and wind energy companies are still on track and see opportunities for growth despite the financial crisis and tumbling share prices. [summary]That was the message coming out of the…
…being held in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia, it has emerged that SunPower Corp, the solar market leader in North America, will begin adding hundreds of jobs to it U.S. operations…
…air tightness, improve heating systems, reduce thermal bridging and add renewables, such as solar panels, ground source heat or biomass, to meet the Code Level 4 For Sustainable Homes – the…
Wind, biomass and solar will all likely contribute to the Isle of Wight’s future renewable energy supply, but it is the sea that looks set to drive it. Louise Bateman reports on plans to power…
…on wood burning stoves and braziers and green on-site
amenities such as compost toilets and solar showers. Anthony
Davis, who set up The Really Green Holiday Company with his…
