China Sunergy has agreed a deal with Lightsource Renewable Energy to purchase the Chinese module manufacturer’s 5MW project in Cornwall which was completed in March 2013.
Renewable energy supplier, Good Energy has been granted provisional planning permission for a 49.9MW solar plant, the largest under development in the UK.
Hanergy has said it was in takeover talks with a key PV installer to contribute to its work with a major “household furniture retail chain”. The company has already sealed a thin-film module supply agreement with retail furniture chain IKEA in the UK.
The European Commission has confirmed that is opened an in-depth investigation into the UK government’s plans to subsidise the construction of a new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset.
Over 495,000 homes across the UK are now solar powered, according to the latest statistics published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).