Blogs

Britain’s renewable energy sector has continued to boom in recent years, as the need to decarbonise electricity generation remains at the forefront of the country’s efforts to reach net zero. While it could arguably be seen as a success story however, other sectors have lagged behind, not least heat.

Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville takes a look at one of the only solar farms to be developed on Grade 1 land, Crossens solar farm, being developed by Defra.

Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville takes a look at the government departments surging forward with solar farms.

Following on from their presentation at Solar Media’s recent UK Solar Summit, Statkraft UK’s senior solar developer Charlotte Healey takes a look at the role solar can have in ESG.

Following the election of Liz Truss as the UK’s Prime Minister, Solar Energy UK’s Chris Hewett reflects on what the new leadership will mean for the solar sector.

Following reports of rising refusals for solar farm applications, Solar Media’s Finlay Colville takes a look at the number of projects coming through the planning system.

Following comments made by both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak that suggested they would look to hinder the rollout of solar in the UK, Balance Power’s Phil Thompson takes a look at the the motivation behind the candidates’ comments.

Joju Solar’s head of engineering James Page takes a look at industry standards, and the key balance required to get them right.

Ahead of the upcoming UK Solar Summer, Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville takes a look at the speed with which all segments of the solar market are growing in the UK at the moment.

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine reinvigorating the long-running debate about the land use of solar as opposed to food, Eden Renewables’ development manager and construction lead Ross Wolhuter takes a look at the misconceptions around land use and how solar and agriculture can work together.