What's the 'Bits' round up, you say? We love creating content but in the interest of saving us all some time, we will publish the random bits that we can't cover in our usual format. Got something to contribute? Use the Contact us form or find us on LinkedIn.
Much of the industry eye rolls about solar announcements from the UK government (myself included) - however perhaps some change is in the air with two critical 'announcements' from the UK Government today - billed as 'Green day'.
The Government has revealed recently that it's focusing in on streamlining planning permission for solar and offshore wind - in order to "speed up the process and attract investment". No further information has been provided by many in the industry will welcome some focus on this part of development.
We can only hope that creating a faster and more certain process that the applications pipelines can progress faster. However, more concerning is the ability to achieve grid connections at this stage - even for the existing pipeline of applications or granted projects. It's most certainly one of the major, well-documented hurdles to deployment at scale. A disparity between planning and grid availability could grow substantially if applications streamline but infrastructure remains blocked.
In addition, the government in their 'Powering Up Britain' strategy announced the following: "We will establish a solar government/industry taskforce and we will publish a solar roadmap setting out a clear step by step deployment trajectory to achieve 70GW of solar by 2035." Not much to add at this stage, but we welcome focus on our industry at a strategic level.
With the launch of it's brand-new "Segen Customer Service Desk" the online distributor is hoping to improve the experience that it's customers face when buying goods. Segen states that the dedicated teams sole responsibility is to assist customers, especially with quotes, orders or shipping during the transaction, and wider help with warranties, product info etc. The team is headed up by Stephen Wheeler, Segen's 'Head of Customer'. Log-in to the Segen Portal for details on how to contact.
New April date now live - our most popular training course!
Link: Introduction to G98, G99 & G100 DNO Applications training course (solarcrowd.co.uk)
West-Yorkshire distributor Waman Energy has become an official European distributor of well-known inverter brand Sungrow.
Sam Waxman, Managing Director for Waxman Energy commented: “Signing this official distributor agreement will strengthen the partnership we have with Sungrow and help to distribute more of their leading products to the UK solar market."
Sungrow is also looking forward to the new partnership with Waxman: “We are very happy to welcome Waxman to our distributor network in the UK. With Waxman we have the perfect partner on our side to offer our broad product range to the market, no matter if Residential or Commercial installations.”, adds Mario Pollak, Distribution Manager for the UK and Ireland at Sungrow.
Waxman Energy - Award winning experts in renewable energy solutions [Link]
Photo credits
Photo by Mattias Diesel on Unsplash
