Solar Media Staff

Renewable energy project finance provider unit for Santander banking Group, Banco Santander, has started construction on a solar farm in Suffolk.

Sunrise Eggs’ distribution centre in Loughborough has undergone a solar makeover thanks to local installer Salop Energy Ltd.

A tenfold increase in the solar thermal market could drive system prices down by 29.2%, according to research published by the Solar Trade Association.

Secretary of state, Ed Davey, has said that the ‘safe and responsible’ exploration of shale gas will not threaten the UK’s climate change targets.

Community-owned renewable projects are being blocked by councils, according to a new report from political think tank RePublica.

A joint venture firm has been created between First Solar and BELECTRIC to pursue the building of PV power plants in Europe, North Africa and the US.

Solar has once again proved to be the most popular renewable technology amongst Brits according to results of surveys by both the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the BBC.

The growing number of negative press headlines about solar farms could be dismissed as nimbyism, but equally they could be early signs of a publish backlash against large PV developments. Solar needs to work hard to maintain the public’s goodwill and avoid the same fate as wind energy.

Foresight Solar Fund, a new investment fund, has announced a £200 million share offering aimed at investing in large-scale solar schemes.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has announced the acquisition of a solar farm project in Norfolk from developer Solarcentury.