The largest solar farm in the UK, the 33MWp plant in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, has been sold by Hazel Capital Solar and SAG Solarstrom for £43.7 million to institutional investor Foresight Solar Fund.
Northumberland-based Natural Technology Development has signed a three year manufacturing deal with Romag to launch NTD’s Solar Angel hybrid photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal panel in the UK market.
Wiltshire-based renewable energy company Good Energy has submitted a planning application for a 49.9MW solar farm to be built on a former RAF site in Norfolk.
Steel company Tata has launched a ground-mount PV system for the UK market. The company offer systems built to order based on the needs of a customer base which, along with sourcing and constructing steel frames, includes independently sourcing the solar panels appropriate to each project.
At the end of September, Fronius announced the forthcoming UK launch of the latest addition to their range of commercially available inverters with the three-phase compact Symo.
Jiangsu Zeversolar New Energy, from Jiangsu, China, is in the business of developing, producing and selling on-grid PV inverters. With 390MWp sold in 2012, Zeversolar are one of China’s leading PV inverter manufacturers.
A round table discussion hosted by the Solar Trade Association at the National Trust’s offices in Victoria concluded with a commitment to forming a work group partnering the STA with various conservation groups.
Schneider Electric has supplied four of its PV Box power conversion substations to a 5MW solar power plant in Cobbs Cross, Bridgewater for Grupo Solaer.
Solar-powered catamaran MS Turanor Planetsolar, considered to be the largest solar ship in the world, is in the UK, where it will be docked at Canary Wharf in London. It is the first time the ship has visited the country.
