Blogs

Solar Power Portal brought together some of the key players from the UK’s solar space to discuss what solar can offer to C&I companies, as part of a roundtable sponsored by npower Business Solutions.

The first day of the inaugural Utility Solar Summit kicked off with discussions around the UK’s growing subsidy-free solar pipeline, the new economic models and the big players. Solar Power Portal caught up with head of market intelligence Finlay Colville to talk about some of the key questions raised.

Ahead of Solar Media’s inaugural Utility Solar Summit, we caught up with head of market intelligence Finlay Colville to discuss the key trends in the UK’s solar sector currently and what people can expect to get out of the event.

Solar Power Portal caught up with Matt Boss, head of Northern Europe at Cubico Sustainable Investments, to discuss the need have a clear route to market from day one, the potential to bid into the CfD and the “huge demand” for corporate PPAs.

Having installed 660MW of new solar PV in the 12 months to 31 March 2021, large-scale solar sites across the UK are now eagerly awaiting expected declines in module prices, allowing 2021 deployment to reach and exceed the GW-levels forecast earlier in the year.

Solar Power Portal caught up with Aquila to discuss the drivers of C&I adoption, energy efficiency and the need for government backing following the company’s recent IPO.

The pipeline of utility-scale and large commercial segments for battery storage in the UK is continually increasing, with a pipeline of over 16GW of projects with the potential for deployment over the next few years.

Solar Power Portal caught up with Open Climate Fix co-founder Dr Jack Kelly – a former engineer at Google DeepMind – to discuss where transformer models came from, how they can apply to solar forecasting and how they could change the energy sector.

Solar Media’s head of research Finlay Colville takes a look at the UK’s solar farm pipeline, and what we can expect to come online in the next year.

Solar Power Portal caught up with Virmati’s founder Amit Gudka to discuss the energy transition, the growing need for battery storage and going back to the beginning of a start-up.