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Social Energy comes out on top as Shell issues 0.001p/kWh SEG
Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) tariffs have been unveiled after the legislation came into full effect yesterday (1 January 2020), with pricing ranging wildly from Social Energy's 5.6p per kWh down to the barely-compliant 0.001p per kWh that Shell Energy is offering....
Transparent solar cells could be used to glaze office blocks
They absorb about the same amount of light as tinted windows Over the past few decades, photovoltaic cells have gone from being exotic and expensive power-packs for satellites and similar high-end applications to quotidian generating equipment for grid-scale power...
New building regulations to impact homes
Solar PV panels, heat pumps and infrared heating could all figure in plans to vastly reduce the carbon emissions of UK homes, as new guidelines have been issued that will affect the way we heat and power our homes for years to come. At the moment, the Standard...
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Lightsource BP heralds return of UK solar, eyeing 1GW pipeline
Lightsource BP has heralded the return of large-scale solar build-out in the UK, revealing it is pursuing a 1GW project pipeline in its home market. Speaking to Solar Power Portal, the solar stalwart – which last week announced the sale of another 7% stake to O&G...
Social Energy Powered By You
Social Energy is a new energy trading platform for solar PV panel and battery customers. We look at the equipment required to get started and join the Social Energy revolution. Social Energy: An Overview Through Social Energy, customers can store their solar energy,...
ScottishPower unveils solar, wind and storage drive in UK and Ireland
Plans for a 50MW battery storage facility at ScottishPower's Whitelee onshore wind farm have already been approved. Image: ScottishPower. ScottishPower is to retrofit its onshore wind farms with new solar and battery storage capacities as part of a major hybridisation...
Lightsource BP delivers night time reactive power using solar in ‘UK first’
A solar farm has provided National Grid ESO with reactive power overnight in what is being lauded as a UK first. Solar inverters at one of Lightsource BP’s solar plants were used to provide a reactive power service on Monday 4 November. The solar inverters are capable...
Labour launches manifesto, including boost for solar and nationalisation plans
The Labour Party today launched its manifesto, cementing it’s plans to expand renewables, including solar, and nationalise the energy sector. The party has been forthcoming in its plans for decarbonisation, both before and after the General Election taking place...