Solar Media Staff

With just three months until the start of the COP 21 summit in Paris, UK Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama couldn’t have more contrasting recent records on renewable energy.

American microinverter manufacturer, Enphase has said that the changing policy landscape in the UK will “not significantly impact” its business.

Some of the energy storage industry’s most prominent thinkers have called for the government to signal a “clear policy direction” for the technology.

London-based asset management group Foresight Solar Fund has said the UK “remains an attractive market” despite recent policy changes and confirmed it will pursue a 300MW pipeline in the second half of this year.

Bourne-based solar installer, Larkfleet has begun testing a an experimental ‘Solar Steam’ project near its offices in Lincolnshire.

Solar Power Portal is delighted to announce the first projects to be shortlisted for this year’s awards.

The immediate reaction following the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s 22 July 2015 proposal to change the goalposts for the UK solar industry was obviously one of despair, and what the impact on FY’17 forecasts for ground-mounted solar could be. However, that’s just one part of the story. The other relates to what is left, assuming most of the proposals will end up being rubber stamped by DECC.

Solar has once again topped the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s public attitudes tracker as the UK’s most popular renewable energy technology.

Hamburg-based renewable energy firm Capital Stage is seeking new investments after refinancing two 5MWp projects in the UK.

In a normal world, if a market declined by an order of magnitude from one quarter to another, one would expect most of the industry participants to be looking for another career opportunity. But we are talking about the solar industry here, so normal benchmarks tend not to be in play too much.