Solar Media Staff

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.

Policymakers are being called on to create certainty in the solar industry after a new report forecast a significant drop in the number of jobs in the UK market.

RenEnergy managing director Damian Baker has spoken of his “absolute despair” at proposed cuts to the feed-in tariff and slammed the government’s stance on renewables in a letter to prime minister David Cameron.