Solar Media Staff

British Solar Renewables and Santander have entered a joint venture which will invest in the construction of 56.5MW of solar farms across the UK.

Potential Induced Degradation (PID) is a topic that’s been around the PV industry for a while, but until fairly recently I had not been paying it that much attention. This changed for me at Solar Energy UK 2013 in Birmingham when a manufacturer giving a talk said they had seen evidence of PID reducing output in a particular system by 60% – yes 60%!

London-based solar developer, Lightsource Renewable Energy, has announced a recruitment drive for its newly-launched operations and management division.

Lark Energy is seeking a judicial review of local government secretary Eric Pickle’s decision to deny planning permission for a 24MW solar farm in Suffolk.

Solarcentury has revealed that it is working on two solar farm projects across the UK totalling 25MW of new capacity.

The UK has more than 4GW of PV projects in the pipeline but the majority is at the mercy of local planning authorities.

Efforts to pool developers’ resources to fund new grid connections could open up new sites for utility-scale solar in the UK, according to Lightsource Renewable Energy.

North Somerset Council has adopted new, stricter supplementary planning guidance for the development of solar farms in the area.

Sports shoe manufacturer New Balance has installed a 50kWp solar array on its factory rooftop in Flimby, Cumbria. 

Tax rebates and cuts in stamp duty could be better methods of encouraging transformation in the UK energy market, according to a Warwick Business School academic.