Smith Brothers takes aim at ICP market with new MD
Smith Brothers is taking aim at the UK independent connections provider (ICP) market after appointing ex-Lightsource director Nick Gudgeon to its board.
University of Sussex completes largest solar array in UK higher education
What is thought to be the largest solar project of its kind in UK higher education has been switched on at the University of Sussex by Green Party co-leader and local MP Caroline Lucas.
First Southern Water projects completed by Forrest under five year framework
Forrest has completed the first projects of its five year framework with Southern Water, which saw a combined 4.2MWp of new solar assets brought online over the summer.
Growatt building storage installer base as it looks to drive UK market maturity
Chinese manufacturer Growatt has revealed it is building up a base of accredited storage installers in the UK.
Big names among those to rebook for Solar & Storage Live 2018
Established names in the solar industry such as Solar Edge, Wind & Sun and NEC are among those to have already rebooked for Solar & Storage Live 2018.
C&I energy storage business cases ‘100% certain’
It is “100% certain” that a solid business case exists for commercial and industrial (C&I) users of electricity in Britain, delegates at this month’s Solar & Storage Live heard.
Vattenfall reaches out to solar farm owners with battery model in co-location push
Electricity and heat generator and retailer Vattenfall is developing a third party model for energy storage deployment which will see the Swedish firm deploy batteries alongside UK solar farms.
Solar panel recycling service expands with Kickstart Fund grant
Solar PV recycling service, Recycle Solar Technologies is to expand its service after a £1,000 grant injection from the UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE) Kickstart Fund.
Renewables no longer the elephant in the room, but solar remains BEIS’ ugly duckling
Liam Stoker offers his opinion on a Clean Growth Strategy that embraced renewables and changed BEIS’ rhetoric for the better, but cast solar into the long grass once again.
National Infrastructure Commission calls for technology neutral auctions and price competition
All low carbon technologies should be able to access the same markets and compete on an equal basis for contracts according to the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), whose latest policy consultation flies in the face of the government’s Clean Growth Strategy (CGS).
CBI adds to growing chorus of calls for technology-neutral CfDs
The Confederation of British Industry has added to the growing number of bodies, associations and other third parties to call for the inclusion of mature technologies in future auctions.
How post-subsidy UK solar will benefit from next-generation PV modules
Ahead of next month’s PV ModuleTech conference in Kuala Lumpur, Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville examines the technology trends UK developers will have to get to grips with if they’re to take advantage of the post-subsidy environment in the UK.
London open for business as new solar community energy fund is launched
Sadiq Khan has today opened London’s first community energy fund for solar projects, offering £400,000 over four years to support community energy groups overcome the challenges in getting project off the ground.
Q&A: Wattstor on the SPP Award-winning residential, C&I energy storage project for a care home
An ambitious project to convert the “grey fleet” of a care home for old folk in Scotland to a sustainable “green fleet”, using solar PV and battery energy storage, was winner of the Residential, Commercial and Industrial-scale Storage Project category at last week’s Solar Power Portal Awards. Andy Colthorpe spoke with the project's senior design engineer, Jonothan Oxford of Wattstor.
Clean Growth Strategy: The green economy responds
This morning the government’s long-awaited Clean Growth Strategy was finally published to a mixed response from the renewables lobby. Here we have collated some of the leading commentary so far.
Tesla battery to offer solar energy park ‘a lot more opportunity’ in the future
Kiwi Power is to finance and develop a battery storage project at an energy site including solar in south Wales, where it will provide constant grid services availability to National Grid for two years in a first for the aggregator.