Solar Industry News

SolarUK Ltd maintains a watch on current news about our industry. We have presented our up to date list of news items below.

August sees record rise in UK home solar panels fitted
A record number of homeowners had solar panels installed this month, according to energy regulator Ofgem.
Source: bbc, Date and Time of entry: 01 September 2010 13:06

Demand forces closure of Scottish renewables fund
Community Energy Scotland's scheme, which has helped more than 300 community groups invest in solar panels and other renewable technologies, lacks the funds to cope with demand. A feasibility study has been commissioned and further options will be looked at in the autumn.
Source: planres, Date and Time of entry: 18 August 2010 10:40

Solar waste recycling: can the industry stay green?
Clean-tech firms seek to reuse a variety of rare, potentially toxic materials. New businesses emerge as manufacturers prepare for modules’ end of life.
Source: solaruk, Date and Time of entry: 12 August 2010 12:24

A Guernsey market: SolarUK director returns
A SolarUK presentation in Guernsey on 19th August
Source: solaruk, Date and Time of entry: 11 August 2010 11:44

Home-based solar panels boost the photovoltaic market
Market intelligence group says that UK will become the fastest growing market for solar PV installations in 2010, followed by Spain. The estimated increase in UK installations from 2009 is 1500%.
Source: indep, Date and Time of entry: 04 August 2010 11:26

Household Energy Bills will soar by £300 a year
Energy Secretary warns that heavy cuts in energy use are needed and consumer will need to turn to energy-generating technologies such as solar to offset price rises.
Source: express, Date and Time of entry: 28 July 2010 15:11

Solar PV: UK Feed in Tariffs
The Feed in Tariff obliges the traditional energy companies (known in this context as FIT Licensees) to pay the owner of a solar PV system above market rates for the clean energy that they generate and also guarantees an additional price (per kWh) for the energy that they sell/export.
Source: solaruk, Date and Time of entry: 21 July 2010 12:47

Lloyds predicts energy price increase as peak oil is reached
Peak oil, the point where consumption of oil is no longer matched by new oil produced is set to lead to an increase in energy prices in the next few years.
Source: prinside, Date and Time of entry: 21 July 2010 10:32

Comment: Has the long-awaited UK solar revolution really arrived?
The UK is perhaps not the first country one thinks of when talking about solar photovoltaic (PV), but the country has some great potential. Dr Serge Younes, Sustainability Services Director at WSP Environment & Energy, explores.
Source: solaruk, Date and Time of entry: 21 July 2010 10:31

Vicars urged to put solar panels on church roofs
By generating their own energy and selling the surplus back to the grid, churches, mosques and synogogues could collect £29 million.
Source: mirror, Date and Time of entry: 13 July 2010 11:16