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Perovskite Tandem Solar Panels: Who Really Leads?

Perovskite tandem cells have hit 35.5% in the lab. Who really leads, why they are not on UK roofs yet, what it means for cost and payback, and why we fit Aiko.

What is MCS certification? A buyer's guide

What MCS certification means for solar panels and home batteries, from who checks installers to the paperwork and protection you should expect.

Premier League sustainability table 2026-27

Every Premier League club ranked on environmental sustainability, with a solar lens: two grounds have panels on the stadium, four more have them planned.

Tesla Powerwall 3: what it does at home

13.5 kWh, the solar inverter built in, and enough output to run a whole house. What Powerwall 3 actually does, and when it is the wrong choice.

Optimisers, shade and why we fit Aiko

A day with Aiko at Intersolar Europe: what optimisers do, why Aiko moved the fix into the cell, what that does to payback, and why all black suits a.

Lancaster's solar EV hub: what it gets right

Lancaster City Council has approved a solar canopy, a battery and eight rapid chargers on the Auction Mart car park. We're not involved, but the.

How public sector solar actually gets bought

A school does not ring three installers. The frameworks, the funding routes, and the three technical questions to settle before anyone designs anything.

Solar export rates: 1p to 25p compared

Same panels, same electricity, twenty five times the difference in what somebody pays you for it. And every rate above 15p has one thing in common.

Plug in solar: six things to check first

From 27 August you can buy a solar kit off a shelf and plug it into a socket. What the rules actually require, and the paperwork nobody is mentioning.

Adding a battery to an existing solar system

Fitted between 2011 and 2019 with no storage? Your roof has been giving most of it away. Whether you can add a battery is a narrower question than people assume.

EFL Green Clubs and stadium solar

Which EFL clubs have solar on the roof, what the Green Clubs grades mean, and why Deepdale saves £84,000 a year. A Lancashire league table.

Sizing a home battery properly, Lancashire

Almost everyone sizes a battery against their roof. It should be sized against their evenings. How to work out the figure that actually matters.

Will solar work on my house?

Six Lancashire house types, six different solar answers. Stone terraces, interwar semis, estate houses, new builds, bungalows and farmhouses.

Solar panels in Lancashire: full guide

Solar in Lancashire is not the same job as solar in Surrey. Housing stock, shading, batteries, planning and the process, from a Clitheroe installer.

Chimneys, hills and shade on a solar roof

Shading costs more output than orientation or panel brand. What shades a Lancashire roof, and the three ways to deal with it.

Plug in solar is legal from 27 August

New rules let you buy a solar kit off a shelf and plug it into a socket. What it will do, what it will not, and the paperwork nobody is mentioning.