Renewables developer Gaelectric has won planning permission for a 5MW solar farm near Pomeroy, County Tyrone, which is to share a grid connection with the firm’s Inishative Wind Farm.
Under new conditions installers must learn to sell solar differently and move away from relying on the financial paybacks. David Pratt analyses how marketing messages must change and how installers can continue to tempt consumers.
With UK solar having experienced a calendar year for solar deployment in 2015, particularly in utility-scale, demand for comprehensive O&M services is soaring.
Energy minister Andrea Leadsom has dismissed concerns over faltering domestic solar PV deployment and insisted installations under the new feed-in tariff remains “strong”.
John Laing Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) has added to the growing list of solar asset holders to have seen the tumbling wholesale energy price impact on asset values.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has appointed the current chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as its new permanent secretary.
Both SunEdison and its yieldco partner TerraForm Power have retained their silence regarding the alleged non-payment of funds to a community benefit scheme.
Solar deployment is set to ramp up over the next decade according to the Scottish National Party’s (SNP) energy and climate change spokesman, who said Scotland represents “a huge opportunity” for solar.
Solarcentury has shown its commitment to the UK market with the official launch of Sunstation, a building-integrated solar PV (BIPV) system which it says offers a complete product offering to homeowners.
