Solar Media Staff

International fraudsters have targeted solar firms in both the UK and abroad, making off with equipment from two separate companies worth significant sums.

UK renewables developer Golden Square Energy has made its first play for the nascent Irish solar market after partnering with native developers Solas Éireann.

Pressure has continued to build on the UK government and its pending decision on the fifth carbon budget after a survey of environment and sustainability professionals showed overwhelming support for adoption of the proposed budget.

Big four consultancy firm EY has demoted the UK to a new lowest position of 13 in its Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) and slammed the government’s “noncommittal, if not antagonistic” approach to policy.

The Scottish National Party’s (SNP) victory in last week’s elections is “good news” for the solar industry in Scotland according to the Solar Trade Association, which contributed to some of the party’s campaign winning manifesto.

Sadiq Khan’s decisive victory in the London Mayoral elections means a “clean energy revolution” will soon be underway in the capital following the Labour mayor’s election pledge to be “the greenest mayor London has ever had”.

The next capacity market (CM) auction is to be brought forward a year by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), which will hold the competition in January 2017 at a cost to homeowners.

Initial trials of Good Energy and Open Utility’s peer to peer energy trading service Piclo have concluded that the system could “bring renewable tariffs to life” and benefit both generators and consumers.

The most recent polls all but suggest a convincing victory for Labour’s Sadiq Khan, paving the way for him to succeed Boris Johnson as London mayor, but will he take solar as seriously as first promised?

As UK solar’s most recent build cycle comes to an end and portfolio operators continue to add to their earnings, the O&M market is hotting up. Liam Stoker looks into what’s trending in O&M, and what’s becoming standard in an ever-changing sub-sector.