Concerns about the availability of finance and the cost of grid connections will be the biggest barriers to Irish solar deployment, a breakout session at the Solar Summit in London has said.
Power purchase agreements (PPAs) will lead the industry in the post-subsidy environment according to a panel of solar developers speaking on the first day of Solar Media’s Clean Energy Summit.
The government is sending the wrong signals to international investors in renewable energy after making a series of “substantial policy reversals”, according to the chief executive of E.ON’s clean energy division.
Dubai’s utility company has called on UK solar firms to bring their expertise to bear in the city after highlighting US$21 billion (£14 billion) of large scale projects and tenders in Dubai at a recent clean energy networking event.
Ecotricity founder Dale Vince has said the SunEdison domestic rooftop business it purchased earlier this month is the “missing piece” in the company’s jigsaw.
International solar developer Canadian Solar has revealed it completed six solar farms last month, taking its operational capacity in the UK past the 100MW barrier.
The future of MCS chair and interim chief executive Gideon Richards is in doubt after the scheme’s Steering Group agreed to disband earlier this week, Solar Power Portal can exclusively reveal.
