Solar Media Staff

A llama and sheep farm in Truro will soon be harvesting the sun’s energy too after British Solar Renewables secured planning permission for an 11MW solar farm.

PV storage in the UK is set to take off from next year according to new analysis that forecasts a global storage market of US$19 billion by 2017.

During a Devon Council meeting about a proposed solar farm, Liberal Democrat councillor, Julian Brazil, reportedly said the following: “They [solar farms] look horrible, not dissimilar to concentration camps. But we are told by the planning minister to press ahead with these.”

The Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has called on the UK government to guarantee that it will vote against the imposition of any duties on Chinese solar imports.

Local protestors have picketed the entrance to the Large Scale Solar Conference in Cornwall today.

Energy and climate change minister Greg Barker today officially opened the BRE’s National Solar Centre in St Austell, Cornwall.

EPC contractor and PV manufacturer Conergy has completed a 4.5MW solar farm in the UK, for solar developer Lightsource Renewable Energy.

Roofing specialists, Klober, has launched its Venduct Solar Panel Support system that helps prevent tiles from breaking under stress.

Renewable energy distributor, Metgen, has announced that it will be bolstering its solar offering with the introduction of Phono Solar’s Diamond Series 250MW module.

TGC Renewables has secured planning permission for a new 4.8MW solar park in Devon ahead of a major push for new UK solar developments.