Solar Media Staff

The government has announced that it will not be proceeding with the zero carbon Allowable Solutions scheme, a move which has been described as the “death knell” for Zero Carbon Homes.

Independent power producer Rame Energy is targeting the potentially lucrative UK rooftop solar market with its new UK-facing subsidiary Rame Solar.

Various solar developers and asset management firms have said that the UK government’s decision to scrap their exemption from the Climate Change Levy will have lasting effects on net asset value and revenues.

The newly-elected Conservative government has made it clear that it wants more solar to be installed across the UK’s mostly untapped commercial roofspace. Solar Power Portal spoke to Alex Cooke, general counsel at Kinspan Energy about the state of the UK’s commercial rooftop market and what can be done to unlock the 250,000-hectares of currently unused commercial roofspace.

Twenty years’ ago, Professor Sue Roaf had an ambition to power her home from the energy generated by the sun.

British Solar Renewables’ proposed solar farm at Rampisham Down would pose no threat to the local environment, a “ground breaking” ecological study has claimed.

A decision is set to be made this evening over a 5MW solar farm planned for development on the site of a former quarry.

Major UK PV distributor SegenSolar is to take its services into European markets after establishing a German subsidiary, SegenSolar GmbH.

The Solar Intelligence team at Solar Media has been hard at work recently, uncovering the true status of UK solar farm project developers. The results of this new study are fascinating, and have allowed our in-house research team to compile the definitive go-to client database for anyone engaged in ground-mounted solar sales and marketing activities within the UK.

The renewables sector is wiping its collective brow after ominous reports in the mainstream media that suggested George Osborne was readying a review of subsidies proved false.