Three solar projects are among a tranche of community energy schemes to have been offered funding from Bristol City Council through an initiative aimed at encouraging local solutions for community energy challenges.
The National Audit Office (NAO) has put another nail in the coffin of the Green Deal after concluding the scheme failed to achieve value for money, costing taxpayers millions and even leading to higher energy bills for consumers.
A new commercial solar installation has been completed at the Sony UK Technology Centre using optimised inverter technology to produce higher energy yields over the lifetime of the system.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has responded to the recent spate of job losses in the solar industry by insisting the sector must “stand on its own two feet”.
Lark Energy managing director Jonathan Selwyn has said there is “absolutely no doubt” that the commercial solar market will continue despite restrictive cuts to the feed-in tariff and other subsidy schemes.
A new report has called for the next Scottish government to tap into the potential for solar deployment within local authority areas, which it says could play a pivotal role in achieving the country’s renewable energy consumption targets.
Dozens of solar farms are to be built in Ireland by the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) according to a contract notice which revealed the utility is planning to build up to 30 ground mounted solar farms over the next five years.
