Given the backdrop of a miserable contract for difference (CfD) performance for solar, where only five projects managed to successfully snag support, a general air of optimism was still noticeable throughout all of the first day’s speakers.
The UK government could trigger a ‘hyperdegression’ in the rooftop solar feed-in tariff by pursuing its ambitious targets of installing 500MW of solar capacity on the roofs of government-owned estate, Savills Energy director Giles Hanglin has warned.
Solar is currently considered one of the “lowest risk technologies” for banks and other financiers to invest in and can often gain access to some of the lowest priced debt, a panel at today’s Large Scale Solar UK conference has said.
With support under the renewable obligation (RO) scheme closing for solar pojects over 5MW at the end of Q1 this year, a big rush was to be expected. We add up all the new capacity we have reported on during the bumper Q1 2015.
Modules from Taiwanese supplier Winaico have been selected for a plan to install solar panels on the roofs of 750 housing association properties in Berwickshire, Scotland.
Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) has tasked property services firm Styles&Wood with the development of a 2.2MW ground-mounted solar array to power its resource recovery facility.
Baroness Verma, member of the House of Lords and Parliamentary under secretary of state for energy and climate change, has confirmed her participation in Solar Media’s Large-Scale Solar UK Conference.
The majority of domestic renewable heat incentive (d-RHI) funds are being used to subsidise the installation of biomass boilers in larger-than-average properties across the UK.
Foresight Solar Fund has continued to hint towards making a number of “large acquisitions” in the coming months after reporting its net asset value (NAV) to have risen 17% throughout Q1 2015.
