Plans for a new housing development incorporating a solar plant are currently being considered by Cotswold District Council, where 88 new properties and a nearby school could stand to benefit from local energy generation.
A new trial project will investigate if homeowners are willing to change their electricity usage to suit a low daytime tariff in a study that could provide new evidence of the positive role solar generation could have on household bills.
The Mayor of London is facing calls to set up a green energy supply business for Transport for London and the city’s homes and businesses which would seek to support increased uptake in solar installations.
The UK installed almost 4GW of solar PV throughout 2015 after more solar was deployed in Q4 2015 than any previous fourth-quarter period, Solar Power Portal can reveal.
Figures released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change this morning show a significant increase in deployment for December 2015, but the industry has reacted with claims the rush is not as large as previously expected.
Germany-headquartered BayWa r.e. has continued its latest run of solar farm sales by offloading yet another project to compatriot insurance firm Munich Re.
The UK’s solar industry installed almost 23,000 systems in December 2015 as consumers rushed to have rooftop PV fitted prior to the new feed-in tariff regime.
The curtains closed on 2015 with the government preparing to put its new feed-in tariff regime into place, changing the playing field for what looks certain to be an up-and-down year ahead.
The latest government figures for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) have shown small solar thermal systems accounted for just 2% of non-domestic applications, while the technology fared better in the domestic market at 12%.
