Solar Trade Association (STA) has welcomed moves promised in the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) recent Solar Strategy to extend permitted development to all non-domestic roof-top solar PV schemes up to 1MW in size. The proposal is contained…
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Scottish solar industry at risk
Eighty four per cent of Scottish adults would be happy or unconcerned about living close to a solar farm, according to an exclusive new opinion poll published today. The poll results suggest widespread public acceptance for a technology that could…
Government figures have revealed that solar generation is up 77%
The new government figures have revealed that compared to this time last year, solar generation is up 77%. Greater uptake of solar power led to generation in 2013 increasing by over half compared with 2012. Renewable electricity capacity was 20.8…
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Turkey launches €1.2bn solar tender
Turkey is to put a section of its solar potential to tender next month, beginning with the Elazig and Erzurum provinces in Eastern Anatolia. The tender from Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) will reward the highest paying investors with…
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Julia: The key to convincing consumers
TV star, Julia Bradbury, opened Plumb Center’s Practical Installer Arena at Ecobuild 2014, saying the UK can lead the world by building a genuinely low carbon economy. Julia, presenter of BBC 1’s Countryfile, said: The nation’s army of more than…
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