The Solar Trade Association (STA) has published a simple and clear checklist to give managers in commerce and industry the confidence to put solar on their roofs. Commercial and industrial roofs dominate the solar market in Europe, but in the…
Category: Renewable Energy
New checklist aims to boost solar across UK commercial rooftops
Tagged with: Andrea Leadsom, commercial, energy, Paul Barwell, rooftops, solar, Solar Trade Association, STA, UK
Energy efficiency pays off for Gorenje
Gorenje reports that it has seen an increase in demand for energy efficient cooking products in line with Mintel’s recent white goods report which states that consumers consider energy efficiency to be the number one factor when purchasing new cooking…
Green Investment Bank to be privatised
The government has hung a ‘for sale’ notice on the door of the Green Investment Bank in a bid to move it into the private sector. The government and Green Investment Bank will together meet potential investors in the Green…
Tagged with: George Osborne, government, green, Green Investment Bank, private sector, renewable energy, renewables, Sajid Javid
Plan on getting UK solar as cheap as fossil fuel electricity by 2020
The Solar Trade Association (STA) has published its ‘Solar Independence Plan for Britain’, setting out how the new government can steer rooftop solar-generated electricity to parity with retail electricity prices and utility-scale solar farms to parity with new gas CCGT…
Tagged with: 2020, electricity, fossil fuel, government, Paul Barwell, plan, solar, Solar Independence Plan for Britain, Solar Trade Association, STA, UK
Nicola Sturgeon demands veto over Britain’s energy policy
First minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon has demanded a veto over the UK’s energy decisions, Herald Scotland has reported. Ms Sturgeon said UK ministers should take key decisions only after “consultation and agreement”…
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