News

Lightsource Renewable Energy has forged a partnership with local solar developer Push Energy to commission a 10MW solar farm in Essex.

Savills Energy has called on the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to outline the next steps of its solar strategy in order to unlock greater investment in the commercial rooftop solar market.

Green policies took centre stage in Hastings this week with both Conservative and Labour MPs in the area to talk about green policies

Trina Solar has won a 28.5MW contract with Camborne Capital and sPower for the pair’s UK project collaboration.

The government has confirmed that it will not raise the ceiling for feed-in tariff (FiT) payments from 5MW to 10MW as part of its community energy strategy.

The introduction of auction-based contracts for difference (CfDs) in the UK has caused huge amounts of uncertainty in the solar industry. With Japan considering introducing its own version of CfDs and the EU stating a preference for the support mechanism, Andy Colthorpe asks if CfDs could be the solar support mechanism of the future.

Zeversolar has launched its Zeverplan Solar Configurator software in the UK.

The impact of a solar eclipse on European power grids will be negligible despite warnings of blackouts by the chief of the French network.

Renewable energy distributor, EH Smith has agreed a distribution deal to supply Netherlands-based Van der Valk Solar Systems’ mounting systems.

Hitachi Rail Europe’s train manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe, Durham will be partly powered by a 1MW solar array.