While the majority of the government’s recent changes to renewable energy subsidies will impact commercial and utility-scale installations the domestic market is still likely to feel the pinch.
UK investment giant Legal & General has reiterated its commitment to investing in the UK solar and renewables sectors despite government plans to curtail subsidy support.
Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Barry has energised a 4.5MW solar farm as part of an effort to roll out renewable energy projects across all of its South Wales-based ports.
Doncaster City Council is aiming to install solar PV on around 6,000 council homes in order to tackle rising fuel poverty in the area, but it is not yet known whether a potential cut to the feed-in tariff would place the project in jeopardy.
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has refuted claims it is guilty of double standards after announcing new measures to fast-track shale gas extraction planning applications.
Northern Ireland’s Fold Housing Association has committed more than £1 million to install solar PV panels on around 100 of its homes to help combat fuel poverty.
UK distributor Navitron has inked a deal with Italian solar PV optimiser firm BMSolar in order to distribute the company’s BlackMagic power optimiser in the UK.
Solar Power Portal talks to Carter Jonas’ Andrew Watkin on how developers need to focus on the financial benefits of a solar installation when pitching to businesses following the consultancy’s 2015 Energy Index which labeled a 50kW solar rooftop to be the most attractive technology for investment.
