Solar Media Staff

Solar Intelligence’s Finlay Colville has a closer look at Canadian Solar’s burgeoning UK pipeline and uncovers just how far flung the solar giant’s UK assets are.

Solar installers in the UK have been warned to make sure they comply with changes to EU data law and the Information Commissioner Office’s (ICO) data enforcement of it, or risk being heavily penalised.

Solar manufacturing giant Canadian Solar has secured a £19.2 million loan to develop seven ground-mount solar farms in the UK.

The European Commission’s decision to launch an expiry review of anti-dumping duties attached to Chinese solar modules has been criticised by the UK solar industry.

Hive Energy has submitted plans for a new 40MW solar farm on land surrounding its offices in Hampshire, which is intended to be built without subsidy funding by 2020.

BWE Partnership and British Solar Renewables have broken ground on the 9.5MW New Mains of Guynd solar farm near Arbroath, Scotland.

Given recent policy upheaval, it’s of little secret that a number of UK-based solar developers are exploring the potential for international markets.

It seems increasingly likely FiTs for solar and other government support mechanisms will be heavily cut, with job losses already taking place and more seeming inevitable. At first storage seemed like a simple solution for installers and the wider industry to shift its focus – even if only temporarily. UK renewable energy recruitment specialist David Hunt of Hyperion Executive Search, himself a former solar installer, takes a closer look.

Solar Intelligence’s Finlay Colville discusses Canadian Solar starting work on a solar farm in Scotland as the country prepares for an uptick in deployment.

The European Commission (EC) has launched an expiry review of anti-dumping measures in the European Union, effectively guaranteeing the minimum import price for a further year at least.