DECC have just announced the proposed new Solar PV FIT rates: 4kW (new build & retrofit) … 21.0p >4-10kW … 16.8p >10-50kW … 15.2p >50-250kW … 12.9p >250kW-5MW … 8.5p The proposed new rates will come in effect from Dec 12th. Full details can be found here
Monthly Archive: October 2011
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Oct
13
Solar PV jobs
The REA has just issued some analysis that shows that the UK solar sector now employs around 25,000 people. This is 22,000 more people than when the FIT started. The REA estimates that 80% of these numbers (ie 20,000) are in installation … when I started you could probably fit all the UK’s PV installers …
Oct
10
Solar PV guide – the new shade assessment procedure
I can’t quite decide if we have the new procedure for estimating the annual performance of a solar PV system totally sorted (as detailed in the draft of the PV installation guide – Edition 3). I am aware that a number of people are now looking at it in some detail, so I thought it …
Oct
03
Solar PV guide – draft for comment
The draft version of The guide to the installation of PV systems, edition 3 can be found here >>> http://microgenerationcertification.org/consultations This is a first draft of the new guide which is to be referenced in a revised edition of the MCS MIS 3002 standard (which will also be going out for consultation shortly). As you will see, …
Sundog Energy News
- IS SOLAR PV A GOOD INVESTMENT? May 11, 2012YES IT IS! FIND OUT WHY FROM THE REGION’S MOST EXPERIENCED INSTALLERS AT THE FOLLWING EVENTS AND SHOWS Paint the town Red” at Workington on Saturday 19th May – we are in Curwen Park Hutton Roof Country Fair and Fell Race on Saturday 26th May Whitehaven Diamond Festival from Friday 1st June until Sunday 3rd June. Cumberland Show at Carlisle Racecourse on Sat […]
- Now households with smaller roofs can benefit from solar PV April 30, 2012Households in Cumbria, with smaller roof areas can now benefit from the power of solar energy, it was announced today, as Sundog Energy unveiled a ground-breaking range of SunPower high performance solar PV panels. […]
- Our solar PV systems offer great returns - up to 12% and we take care of your EPC - free April 16, 2012Secure the current rate of 21p per unit and benefit from returns of up to 12% Now that the controversy surrounding feed-in tariff reductions has been finally resolved, we expect our solar PV systems to offer returns of up to 12% on the 21p per kWh feed-in tariff until 30 June - and this is tax free, inflation-linked and guaranteed by the Government for the n […]
- Runaway success for Sundog at Ecobuild 2012 March 28, 2012Sundog has just returned from a highly successful time at Ecobuild 2012. In addition to showing our latest range of SunBank solar PV kits and solar PV components, we also unveiled our exciting new corporate image and branding for the first time. The clean crisp lines of the stand were much admired and mirrored in our new-generation literature, spearheaded […]
- Sundog transforms Victorian cotton mill into solar PV station March 12, 2012Listed Victorian mill transformed into solar power station A listed Victorian cotton mill in Oldham has become probably the first in the country to switch to solar energy in a project that aims to revitalise the best of industrial age architecture with cutting edge green energy. […]