Chancellor George Osborne has today unveiled plans to spend £100 billion on UK infrastructure during this parliamentary term, with the energy sector set to be a central theme.
The UK’s Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has published a report which looks at how unlocking the potential of electricity storage through regulatory changes would support the transition to a secure and affordable low carbon economy, adding to a chorus of recent voices on similar topics coming from Britain.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s latest solar deployment figures for September, released today, are missing what is claimed to be a significant amount of solar deployed under the accredited ROO-FiT.
The Cabinet Office has yet to complete a single rooftop solar installation despite outlining plans to fit 1GW on the government estate 18 months ago, Solar Power Portal has learned.
The government’s “extremely disappointing and damaging” decision to remove tax relief for community energy projects will have a “devastating effect” on the sector, critics have said.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) is preparing a big play in the UK’s secondary solar market and will chase an exclusive pipeline of projects with a capacity of 258MW.
The National Association of Professional Inspectors and Testers (NAPIT) has warned that up to 70% of solar PV companies are under threat from feed-in tariff proposals currently under discussion.
Slough headquartered solar energy firm PROINSO has been announced as the engineering, procurement and management provider for a 100MW solar farm in the Philippines.
The Northern Ireland Assembly has installed a rooftop solar system at its Stormont Parliament Buildings seat which will help it save around £9,000 per year.
