Solar Media Staff

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has criticised elements of the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) Contracts for Difference process, claiming it has “given rise” to an adverse effect on competition.

As part of Solar Media’s deep-dive research analysis into the full-audit trail of the 630 completed solar farms in the UK with capacity rating >250kW, the Solar Intelligence team is shortly to release the first of our Top-10 tables, starting with EPCs.

The Competitions Market Authority (CMA) has said that it is concerned about the “high cost of low carbon electricity” in its provisional findings as part of its investigation into the energy market.

Global electrical distributor, Rexel has given its distribution centre and offices in Dagenham an energy efficiency upgrade as part the company’s focus to “walk the energy solutions talk”.

The National Trust is to make its “biggest ever” investment in renewable energy, pledging £30 million to install various generation technologies across its estate.

One of the largest solar farms to be completed in the UK has been acquired by Bluefield Solar Income Fund.

Reductions in the department of energy and climate change’s (DECC) budget could lower staffing levels by 90%, according to analysis by the Green Alliance think tank.

Two seaports in South Wales are generating their own electricity after Associated British Ports completed two 250kWp arrays in Cardiff and Swansea.

Solar could provide 15% of the UK’s electricity demand on Friday, according to the Solar Trade Association (STA).

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) tried to cover up negative effects fracking would have on rural areas it has been revealed after the department lost another freedom of information battle.