Former energy secretary and chairman of the London Sustainable Development Commission, Greg Barker, has told the industry that the commission has solar is in the “middle of its gunsights” and is looking to install the technology in the capital “with greater ambition and greater scale”.
Property developer Cross Keys Homes has hailed its £16.5 million rooftop solar scheme a success after installing solar systems on social housing roofs in Peterborough.
Despite the UK becoming Europe’s largest ground-mount solar market in 2015, just 16 developers have completed more than 100MW of UK projects, according to statistics to be revealed in Solar Intelligence’s upcoming UK Large-Scale Ground-Mount Solar UK report.
Contracts for Differences will “not be the focus” of solar investors and developers in the year ahead according to a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Solar Trade Association which also raised concerns over spiralling grid connection costs.
Solar developer SPI has sold its entire stake in the Grange Farm solar project to an investment fund managed by the infrastructure group at investment managers Blackrock.
European solar PV trade group SolarPower Europe, formerly EPIA, said cumulative global PV demand could reach 540GW in 2020, during the opening presentations at the 2015 Intersolar Europe conference.
Former energy minister, Greg Barker has urged the solar industry to focus on achievable lobbying wins which operate within the government’s tight financial constraints.
