Solar Media Staff

Armstrong Energy’s 22MW Chalgrove Solar Farm in Oxfordshire has been hit by a fire in an inverter unit.

The Conservatives have put in motion legislation that will seek to halt the development of onshore wind in the UK. Although solar could have one less competitor in the CfDs, Peter Bennett questions if government playing favourites with low-carbon energy is more damaging

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Amber Rudd has said the Conservative government “does not want large-scale solar” as MPs clashed over the recent decision to bring a premature end to onshore wind subsidies.

With just five months until Prime Minister David Cameron and Secretary of State Amber Rudd head the British mission to Paris for the COP 21 summit, Dale Vince says the renewables industry is not being outspoken enough.

The Scottish government has launched a consultation which proposes to remove planning permission requirements for all commercial solar installs.

The Conservative government is being “fundamentally dishonest” over its support for renewable energy and the reasoning behind subsidy cuts, Ecotricity founder Dale Vince has said.

The latest figures from Solar Intelligence show that the UK installed as much solar in the first three months of 2015 as it did in the whole of 2014.

Council-owned buildings in Swansea are to be fitted with solar PV installations after councillors gave a community energy project the go ahead on Thursday.

Energy efficiency solutions provider Anesco has bolstered its portfolio of operational storage solutions, installing its second commercial battery at a solar farm.

UK solar farm operator Primrose Solar has added the 5MWp Bedborough Solar Farm to its portfolio after acquiring it from developer Solstice Renewables.