Solar Media Staff

The minister for energy and climate change, Greg Barker, has confirmed that the government will not implement a grace period for solar projects battling the flood in order to connect before 1 April.

London will be home to an electric vehicle (EV) charging pilot scheme, running in preparation for the rest of the country gearing up for a major push in the use of electric vehicles.

The Solar Power Portal team will be attending Ecobuild 2014 at the ExCel centre in London, taking place 4-6 March.

UK retail giant John Lewis has completed the installation of a 96.5kWp solar array at its new £15 million store in York.

Major PV energy provider makes its first foray into the UK with four new projects funded by Deutsche Bank.

The UK has a predicted pipeline of 1.2GW in non-residential PV, but EPC companies often face running out of cash before projects are sold on.

The UK will need to develop an effective energy storage incentive if it is going to rise to the challenge of decarbonising its electricity supply, according to the managing director of one of Britain’s emerging energy storage firms.

Solar farms can attract fierce local opposition but the law states that public opinion alone, no matter how strong, is not a legitimate reason to block an application. Planning consultant Debbie Marriage explains.

Chinese manufacturer Yingli Green is to supply 54MW of its modules for seven PV projects in the UK.

Early-stage plans to develop a 30MW solar farm on the site of an old airbase in the north east of Scotland have been revealed.