Caplor Energy has announced that it has been awarded the contract to install a commercial-scale solar PV system on one of the country’s largest business parks.
The UK’s largest commercial solar developer, Octopus Investments and its dedicated in-house developer Lightsource Renewable Energy, has reiterated its commitment to the nascent UK solar market despite new legislation that significantly reduces support for the technology across the UK.
A year after 7,000 solar panels were fitted to the roof of Promens Packaging’s plant in Beccles, Suffolk, the installer behind the project has announced the generation of the array’s millionth unit of green electricity.
Exeter-based installer SunGift Solar has appointed management specialist Neil Durno as its new Head of Business Development. The new appointment will see Durno take responsibility for the South West solar specialist’s commercial projects, customer experience, and supplier development activities.
The beginning of August marks the first day of the revised feed-in tariff model for solar photovoltaics in the UK. From today, FiT rates will once more be revised downward along with the tariff lifetime as part of a new degression model.
In a bid to remove some of the barriers preventing UK consumers from installing solar panels Sharp has teamed up with Hitachi Capital (UK) to offer a range of financing options for private investors and business customers looking to go solar.
Lloyds Banking Group announced in its half-year results that it plans to invest approximately £333 million in renewable energy projects over the next 18 months as part of Government’s £1 billion infrastructure strategy.
The Solar Trade Association (STA) has moved to reassure industry that customers will still enjoy decent returns on a domestic solar investment ahead of the reduction in feed-in tariff (FiT) rate on August 1.
Traditionally, homeowners interested in solar have had two options: purchase a system outright and benefit from the feed-in tariff scheme or apply for a ‘free solar’ scheme and benefit solely from the free electricity. London-based Engensa is hoping to provide one more option, its newly-launched SolarLoan.
