UK FiT Changes: Rumours can hurt more than reality
Last Friday (24th September) news broke on the Coalition government’s decision to back down on their promise of retroactively granting the feed-in tariff to 6000 ‘pioneers’ who installed PV before the...
View ArticleThin film PV finally gains ground
After a large number of companies developing thin film PV panels got huge amounts of venture capital funding between 2005 and 2008, a handful are now emerging with viable products. Thin film PV panels...
View ArticleFocus On Solar Parks
With many South West farmers looking to capitalise on the opportunities from renewable energy, Sonya Bedford from Stephens Scown looks at some of the key considerations you should make before rushing...
View ArticleFocus On The Growth In Renewable Energies
Farmers and landowners in the South West should think about the opportunities being presented with the growth in renewable energies. Sonya Bedford, Head of Renewable Energy at Stephens Scown, says as...
View ArticleDoes the strength of Chinese manufacturers make the Feed-in tariffs pointless?
Unfortunately the solar industry is not a level playing field at present. The Chinese government has provided some enormous loans to their top PV manufacturers (e.g....
View ArticleHow much energy can we produce with solar panels in the UK? Its time to...
Long before he became the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s chief scientific advisor, David Mackay lectured a course at Cambridge on how to perform back of the envelope calculations called...
View ArticleEmbracing solar in the UK, but can we drive more benefit ?
The UK is in the midst of a race to install solar PV on its roof-tops from domestic dwellings to schools, hospitals, council buildings and agricultural sheds. All this is being driven by the Feed-...
View ArticleFIT Changes?
Yesterday saw an explosion in productivity at the rumor mill regarding the solar energy Feed-in Tariff (FiT) and it’s impending review. With sources from all over the industry and high exposure media...
View ArticleSave Energy Renewables Respond to Government’s New Solar Feed in Tariff
As the Government’s solar energy Feed in Tariff is reduced to 21p per kilowatt generated, and the 2012 deadline brought forward; consumers have been left confused as to what this means for the future...
View ArticleTokelau: World’s first 100 percent PV territory
While photovoltaic generated electricity remains politically controversial in some parts of the world, for Tokelau, it will provide a cost-effective and environmentally sound solution for the entire...
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