A giant 48MW solar farm in Test Valley, Hampshire, has been given final approval by secretary of state for communities and local government Greg Clark.
Asset management firm John Laing Environmental Assets Group (JLEA) has continued to grow its solar portfolio by purchasing stakes in two solar farms for £20.37 million.
A £4.5 billion trade deal which could see a UK developer construct the world’s largest solar plant in Turkey is back “on track” and could complete by October.
Green Party London Assembly member Jenny Jones has claimed the Conservative government is “determined to cool” the UK’s solar market and criticised a “failure of leadership” as the reason behind London’s faltering solar deployment.
The UK’s solar industry has been dealt a blow following fresh cuts to the subsidies afforded to it by government, but Jerry Hamilton of Rexel believes the industry should be looking forwards not backwards.
Solar Power Portal has launched its ‘Building a British Solar Future’ campaign which aims to give the industry’s pragmatic voice a platform to enact change.
London Assembly member for the Green Party Jenny Jones speaks to Solar Power Portal on a lack of leadership from Mayor Boris Johnson, and how the capital can accelerate solar deployment.
Environmental group Friends of the Earth (FoE) has questioned the legality of the consultation period established by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) for its proposals to close Renewable Obligation subsidies a year earlier than planned.
