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Solar Business Focus - Supporting your solar business in the UK! | Solar Power Portal

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Solar Business Focus - Supporting your solar business in the UK! Are you a solar installer working in the UK, or someone thinking of breaking into this fast-paced market? Then Solar Business Focus UK is the magazine for you. Launched in October 2011, Solar Business Focus UK is now the primary resource for professionals involved in the UK solar industry. The magazine is published on a bi-monthly basis, providing you with five annual editions for the price of just £60 (including postage and packaging).

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Solar car parks ‘could power 1.7 million homes’ | Solar Power Portal

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Solar car parks ‘could power 1.7 million homes’. 15 May 2015, 14:30. Installing solar panels above car parks in the UK could generate enough energy to power 1.7 million homes, according to solar developer Hive Energy. Hive said it was in discussions with a number of “high-profile names” to create solar car parks in the country and hoped the UK could emulate the likes of Germany and the US, the latter of which installed 600MW of capacity at car parks in 2014. Subscribe to our newsletter. Conservative thin...

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Revealed: Solar Power Portal Awards shortlist for installer of the year | Solar Power Portal

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Revealed: Solar Power Portal Awards shortlist for installer of the year. 13 Aug 2015, 13:21. Solar Power Portal can reveal the shortlisted industry for this year’s coveted installer of the year award. The hotly-contested category will reward companies that have gone above and beyond to deploy solar PV across the UK, with 2015 having been a record year for installations. More than 2.5GW of solar capacity was deployed in the UK in Q1, and installers have been central to that success. Good Energy seeks to p...

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First UK grid connected PV system 95% efficient 20 years later | Solar Power Portal

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First UK grid connected PV system 95% efficient 20 years later. 19 Sep 2014, 10:26. The UK’s first grid connected solar system has been tested on its 20. Anniversary, to find it still has a 95% generation rate from its initial installation 20 years ago. The domestic solar system was installed and connected 20 years ago by residential renewable system installers, Wind and Sun. The system was predicted to decline in efficiency by 20% from the panel’s original performance over 20 years. The house was design...

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The escalating politicisation of solar farms | Solar Power Portal

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The escalating politicisation of solar farms. 21 Oct 2014, 13:09. Here we go again. On Sunday, the department of environment and rural affairs (Defra) released one of the most astonishing press releases I’ve ever seen. In it, environment secretary Elizabeth Truss claimed that solar farms are blighting’ the countryside and that her department was taking steps to help control the spread of ‘wasteful’ solar farms across the beautiful British landscape. Most worryingly of all, Truss has been allowed to peppe...

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BP Solar modules no longer available | Solar Power Portal

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BP Solar modules no longer available. 26 Jul 2011, 09:05. In what may come as a surprise to some, BP Solar has revealed its intention to apply the brakes to its distribution network and module expertise in order to concentrate on project development. In a statement sent to its partners, the company explained that it had made the strategic decision in order to profitably grow over the long term. Ldquo;BP Solar deeply regrets the impact of such a decision to your business and will ensure that the transitio...

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‘Fracking village’ solar farm support gathers momentum | Solar Power Portal

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Fracking village’ solar farm support gathers momentum. 11 Aug 2015, 10:43. Plans to develop a 5MW community-owned solar farm in Balcombe, the village at the centre of a significant anti-fracking movement, have continued to gather support from local residents. Villagers established a renewable energy cooperative named Repower Balcombe in December 2013 in order to develop local renewable energy sources in response to drilling conducted by oil and gas conglomerate Cuadrilla earlier that year. Repower Balcom...

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JP Morgan’s institutional investors buy up global solar developer. 2 Sep 2016, 15:26. JP Morgan Asset Management has announced that investors advised by J.P. Morgan have acquired substantially all of the Sonnedix Group. Lightsource appoints Deloitte and Cushman and Wakefield for commercial PPA programme. 2 Sep 2016, 09:51. Lightsource has appointed Big Four consultancy Deloitte and real estate giant Cushman and Wakefield to help support the developer’s private wire solar push. 1 Sep 2016, 09:48. Solar ce...

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SEUK: Earthwise Products to launch SOLiC 200 competition at Solar Energy UK | Solar Power Portal

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This is an article preview. SEUK: Earthwise Products to launch SOLiC 200 competition at Solar Energy UK. 4 Oct 2013, 09:27. Earthwise Products has announced the launch of a prize draw at Solar Energy UK giving attendees the opportunity to win a SOLiC 200 unit. Iain McRitchie managing director of Earthwise Products commented: “Solar Energy UK is a fantastic opportunity for us to meet new customers, get feedback from current installers and chat about the future.”. Subscribe to our newsletter. Good Energy s...

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UK solar must ‘change faster’ to improve quality | Solar Power Portal

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UK solar must ‘change faster’ to improve quality. 13 Aug 2015, 16:35. The UK solar industry has been on a dramatic journey since the introduction of the feed-in tariff. Rexel’s Jerry Hamilton argues that the industry will have to maintain its frenetic pace in order to raise the quality of solar installs in the future. Subscribe to our newsletter. JP Morgan’s institutional investors buy up global solar developer. Lightsource appoints Deloitte and Cushman and Wakefield for commercial PPA programme.