At Tanjent we love helping customers save money on their electricity bills, and reduce their carbon footprint, by installing solar panels and storage batteries. However, it is important to bear in mind that installing solar PV panels on building rooftops can introduce new risks to the building and occupants. Fire resulting from electrical faults
The launch of today’s Solar Taskforce, jointly chaired by Solar Energy UK and Graham Stuart MP, minister of state for energy security and net zero, marks a step change in UK government engagement with the solar industry. For the first time, leading industry players, from utility-scale and rooftop sectors, ministers and senior government officials will
We recently completed our MCS assessment and will be going through the process again next year - so why do we go to all that trouble? Well, because MCS, like RECC, is good for our customers. What is MCS? MCS is a standards organisation that certifies low-carbon products and installations used to produce electricity
As photovoltaic technology goes mainstream, driving a market evolution in how solar is installed and financed, how is one of its stalwarts and pioneers – Qcells – adapting to this consumer-focused future? In an industry as fast-paced as renewable energy, jaw-dropping statistics are pretty common. But one recent data set from BloombergNEF (BNEF) and
Residential solar marketplace Otovo says solar installation prices fell by 13% in a six month period to March 2023 for British households. Otovo, a Norwegian company which launched in the UK in February, expects both the cost of panels and labour to fall further, with VAT on UK residential solar systems set at 0% making
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Trade association Solar Energy UK has welcomed a letter sent by MPs from the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) demanding that the Government should tackle long grid connection waiting lists for solar and battery projects. As part of the EAC’s latest enquiry, 'Enabling Sustainable Electrification of the UK Economy', committee chair Philip Dunne MP sent
Cero Generation and Enso Energy have announced the energisation of what is claimed to be the first UK solar farm to connect to the higher voltage transmission network rather than a local distribution network. The 50MW solar farm will be co-location with a 49.5MW / 99MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), allowing more flexibility and efficiency
Arrays installed by more than 50,700 households in first quarter of 2023 as people seek to reduce energy bills The number of households installing rooftop solar panels reached its highest level in more than seven years in the first months of 2023 as energy-bill payers turned to renewable energy to guard against spiralling costs.
The UK’s “largest” solar and battery energy storage project, Cleve Hill Solar Park, has started construction, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners confirmed. The specialist global investment manager revealed the Kent-based project, which consists of 373MW of solar and "more than" 150MW of battery energy storage, is expected to be fully completed by the end of 2024.