Solar Media Staff

NextEnergy Solar Fund Limited has announced that it has raised gross proceeds of £85.6 million in its initial public offering (IPO).

Social housing contractor, Forrest has teamed up with international investment firm, Macquarie, to supply and install solar on commercial buildings.

German PV developer, ib vogt’s UK subsidiary, vogt solar, successfully commissioned 80MW of solar projects in the first quarter of 2014.

Ed Davey, the energy and climate change minister, has praised the UK solar industry’s rise to the sixth largest market for utility-scale solar in the world.

Module manufacturer ReneSola has supplied more than 180MW of panels to the UK market during its first year of operation.

Renewable energy project developer, Grupotec Renewables, has announced it has grid connected 200MW in the UK.

Inverter manufacturer Power Electronics connected 350MW of solar farms during two weeks.

Belectric UK has announced that it successfully connected 43.5MW of solar farms across the UK in 2014 in order to successfully claim the higher 1.6ROC subsidy.

Following on from the Solar Strategy’s promise to install 1GW of solar on government buildings, Solar Power Portal spoke to Jason Hunter from Capitas Finance to find out how schools can earn more money for education, and pay less on energy bills.

The UK has successfully lobbied to have a clause removed from the new EU state aid guidelines that would have hampered support for fossil fuels.