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Eco-Friendly Tech: Making the Case for Businesses
Installing environmentally friendly products around the office is more than just a trend in businesses across the globe. It is a business tactic. The boom in Eco-friendly technology is occurring because business owners are seeing the potential savings in the overhead costs that are associated with running their business each day. From the light bulbs [...]
Germany: Doing Just Fine Without Nuclear
Freezing temperatures in both Belgium and Germany have put both countries’ power systems to the test this week, but neither country has experienced electricity blackouts despite the lack of nuclear power. Two of Belgium’s seven nuclear reactors – Doel 3 and Tihange 2 – were switched off this summer, following the discovery of cracks, cutting [...]
The European Supergrid: Game Changer for Renewables?
Europe’s energy infrastructure urgently needs updating. In this interview published in the latest edition of EWEA’s Wind Directions magazine, Ana Aguado, CEO of Friends of the Supergrid, explores how this can be done. What is the supergrid and why do we need it? We define the supergrid as “a pan-European transmission network facilitating the integration [...]
285 Days of Rain A Year Hasn’t Stopped European Solar Industry
Everyone knows the United Kingdom gets a lot of rain – up to 285 days per year – but that hasn’t stopped solar panels from dotting up on rooftop after rooftop. Indeed, despite having one of the wettest climates in all of Europe, the UK has stealthily become one of the continent’s largest solar markets. [...]
UK Solar Panel Quality: Higher than Expected
Several new pieces of research show the quality of solar panels in the UK is high. Higher than expected. 98% of panels “run to spec” according to Dr Alastair Buckley of the Sheffield Solar Farm Project. “They do what they say on the tin,” he says, using a popular British expression. In other words, ‘they [...]
New Solar Fund Claims 8% Returns to Investors
Goldfield Partners in London have launched UK`s first pension fund, which aims to help to finance, install and maintain solar power for social housing residents. The Goldfield Solar Green Energy Fund claims a ₤50 million will offer stable returns as high as 8% to investors (this is based on a 3% inflation assumption), which will [...]
The Next Big Solar Growth Market: Romania?
With traditional European markets fading (or at least trying to fade, in Germany’s case), developers and manufacturers are scouring the globe for prospects in new and emerging markets. While many developers are turning to more obvious growth markets such as Japan or India, some more ambitious developers are turning to an often-overlooked bastion of solar [...]
World’s Largest Community Solar Project Now Online
A 5 megawatt (MW) solar PV farm in the UK has become the first cooperatively owned project in the country – and the largest community solar farm in the world. The 30-acre solar park serves 1500 households and next door are wind turbines also owned by a community cooperative. In one of the most successful share offerings of [...]
Solar Panels UK Launches Solar ROI Calculator
A leading UK solar power resource website www.solarpanelsuk.co.uk has just launched a new Solar PV Calculator which allows consumers within the UK to explore the potential ROI when installing solar panels. By factoring in the size of the solar panel installation, along with roof pitch and the direction the panels face allows the calculator to [...]