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Monthly Archives: January 2014

The Urban Community Energy Fund

This week the government has provided some potentially good news for the solar industry. Ed Davey, who is the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, launched The Urban Community Energy Fund as part of the Community Energy Strategy. This fund has … Continue reading

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Do You Need Planning Approval To Install Solar Panels?

Following a council’s decision to instruct a couple to arrange to take down the solar panels that they had installed on top of their garage because they were blocking the view of a neighbour we thought it might prove useful … Continue reading

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Tension Increases Between China And USA Over Solar

Much has been written in the last few months about the various issues between China, European Union countries and the USA over solar products. Perhaps because solar power is such a significant factor in the renewable energy strategies of many … Continue reading

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UK Has The Biggest Solar Powered Bridge In The World

It is always extremely pleasant to be able to mention something positive. So it was interesting to hear this week that the ribbon was cut on a world record breaking development here in the UK. For quite some time, Solarcentury … Continue reading

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New Solar Smartphone May Come To Market In 2015

We have previously commented on a number of innovative solar powered schemes to provide energy for mobile items. For instance, some rucksacks are equipped with a solar panel and even the army in the USA are considering having solar cells … Continue reading

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Leicestershire County Council To Install Solar Panels

In recent years, a number of councils around the UK have installed solar panels on many of their council buildings including council offices and libraries. This is undoubtedly seen as a way of cutting energy bills but also as a … Continue reading

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Solar Road Shows Planned For January

We have reported on many occasions about the increasing number of solar farms as well as large corporates installing solar panels on their available roof space on their commercial premises. It is important that such solar panel schemes continue to … Continue reading

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Domestic Solar Panel Installations Top 500,000

Well, the solar panel industry just missed half a million sub 50 kW PV registered installations for the feed in tariff scheme by the end of 2013 having finished on 499,294. However, following 1,439 installations for the week ending 12 … Continue reading

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How Effective Are Solar Panels On Cloudy Days?

There are differing opinions as to the effectiveness of solar panels on cloudy days and that may not come as a surprise to many of you. Let us have a look at this in a little more detail. At the … Continue reading

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The Benefits Of Solar Panels

As another new year gets underway it is perhaps a good idea to remind ourselves of some of the benefits of having solar panels fitted to the roofs of our homes and businesses or even having ground-mounted solar photovoltaic panels … Continue reading

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