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We are excited to get started in 2016, embracing the upcoming changes in the industry. Whilst the media portrays the changes to funding as a deal breaker for domestic solar, we are doing our best to make it work… with new …

Solar and Wind Applications have had a great and busy year, and it’s time for a break! We will be closed from 4pm 22nd December until 5th January 2016. During this period our voicemail and email will be monitored. If …

Following the recent Government consultation on the FiT scheme, the rates for 2016 have now been confirmed. From 15th January, the rate will reduce from 12.03p/kWh (for systems under 4kWp) to 4.39p/kWh (for systems under 10kW). This is much better …

Following on from yesterday’s announcement of proposed 87% cuts to Feed in Tariff (FIT) rates, we expect that anybody who has considered solar will be motivated to accelerate their plans. With domestic scale Solar PV Tariff Rates for installation cut from 12.47p/kWh …

We have been very busy this summer, despite the weather in Ayrshire and Scotland not proving to be very Summer-like! We’ve installed Solar PV systems from large (100kW, https://www.solarwindapplications.com/casestudy/factory-solar-pv/) to small (0.57kW) and all over the country for loads of …

Over the holidays Solar and Wind’s offices will be closed from midday on 23rd December until 9am on Monday 5th January. If you need to get in touch with us, email is the best way, or leave us a voicemail …

Sounding like a string of acronyms rather than anything of interest, the Customer Led Network Revolution (CLNR) project set out to find out the impact on the grid of various changes made to technologies available to people at home – including EMMA …

In addition to our own Open Days, we’re also attending the Newton Stewart Renewable Exhibition, hosted by the Energy Saving Trust. Our new team member Bob Baillie will be joined by Technical Director Marty Mellis-Fox and both will be happy …