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People can, depending on their circumstances, usually generate a significant amount of their own electricity from solar panels and can, therefore, protect themselves from fuel prices and any future electricity price rises. Rates on savings accounts of circa 3% or even 7% on long-term ISAs can be dwarfed by the tax-free 10% to 15% returns per year for savers that install solar panels in their homes.
Rebekka Johnson, a spokeswoman for Harnessun, said: “Householders with solar panels get much ch... [more]
Eddie Whitfield, a Spalding farmer, is generating much of the energy needed for its own operations but also generates income from the government’s Feed in Tariff scheme. Eddie was so pleased with the installation that he then asked Lark Energy to install a further 57 panels taking the total installation size to 63kWp.
The PV installation was designed and installed by Bourne-based Lark Energy, part of the Larkfleet Group. The company initially installed 216 individual panels on a roof that the... [more]
Lark Energy has installed a total of 810 photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof of HPC Healthline’s national distribution centre in Bourne. The project is approximately 90 times larger than the average domestic rooftop installation but won’t cost the building owners a penny, as the 186.3 kWp PV system was funded by Low Carbon Investors and the Downing Low Carbon Enterprise Investment Scheme Fund.
Lark Energy and HPC Healthline UK Ltd have collaborated on this project, one of the East Midland’s ... [more]
Heraeus has more than tripled its technical staff, but aims to continue this expansion throughout 2011 as they look to hire additional employees this year.
The Heraeus Photovoltaic Business Unit has announced it has completed construction in Singapore of a new facility for the production of silver metallization paste used in crystalline solar cell applications. The site, which includes Manufacturing, R&D, Sales and Technical Service, began operations in June 2011.
The R&D lab in Singapor... [more]
Constellation Energy and Holyoke Gas & Electric Department (HG&E) are partnering to develop a new 4.5 megawatt solar installation which will generate electricity for the municipally owned utility’s 18,000 customers in Holyoke, Mass. The system, which is scheduled for commercial operation in summer 2011, will be among the largest solar installations in the New England region and the largest in western Massachusetts.
Constellation Energy will build, own and maintain the system, and HG&E will pu... [more]
The Niobrara Energy Park is a 640-acre project that will integrate natural gas and renewable energy generation facilities, including solar and wind energy, with data centers and energy research. With zoning approvals by Weld County Commissioners in place, the greenfield project is now process-shovel-ready.
Commissioner Dave Long said of the park, “I’ve said in the past that Weld County is the energy center of Colorado, but this may make Weld County the energy center of the West, if not the na... [more]
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