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Updated FiTs rates from 1st April 2015 Jan 30, 2015

OFGEM has published new Feed in Tariff (FiT) rates for all eligible PV installations registered in year 6 (1 April 2015 - 31 June 2015).

Updated FiTs rates from 1st January 2015 Nov 06, 2014

OFGEM has published revised Feed in Tariff (FiT) rates for all eligible PV installations registered in year 5 (1 January 2015 - 31 March 2015).

Updated FiTs rates through to January 2015 Sep 18, 2014

OFGEM has published revised Feed in Tariff (FiT) rates for all eligible PV installations registered in year 5 (1 April - 31 December 2014).

Positioning Solar Panel (PV) Generation Meters Sep 18, 2014

Installers are reminded by the Microgeneration Certification Scheme that Solar Panel (PV) Generation Meters for the purposes of the Feed in Tariff must be readily accessible, and ideally located at the Consumer Board.

FiT Uplift April 2014 Year 5 Sep 18, 2014

With the start of the new FIT Year only hours away it is important to remember to take a Generation Meter reading from your small scale microgeneration scheme

Why checking string polarity is important Dec 12, 2013

Sims Solar was called in to relocate an inverter today. Much to our surprise we found the polarity of one of the two strings was reversed. The system is nearly two years old and had been reduced to performing at 50% of optimum. The customer had put the poor performance down to shading.