Thrive Renewables eyes C&I solar investments after wind farm sale
Thrive Renewables has sold two onshore wind farms in a bid to target investments in C&I solar.
Solar Markets & Finance
Zero Carbon Homes axe costing consumers £200 per year
The decision to scrap the Zero Carbon homes policy is costing occupants of new-build homes more than £200 per year, essentially three times the targeted savings from Ofgem’s price cap.
NESF partners Zestec for PPA-backed commercial rooftop push
Leading solar investor NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has partnered with Zestec Asset Management to acquire to-be-built commercial rooftop solar projects.
Financing and asset sophistication the last hurdles to subsidy-free solar
Financing is the last obstacle to more widespread subsidy-free developments throughout Europe as merchant risk remains problematic to debt providers, industry experts have concluded.
Introducing the Solar & Storage Live Awards 2019
With a slight rebrand for 2019, Terrapinn is proud to announce this year’s Solar & Storage Live Awards categories and open nominations.
UK’s PassivSystems selected for 1GW Oman rooftop solar programme
UK-based PassivSystems has been selected to supply smart energy management for a 1GW residential solar programme in Oman.
Pan-European secondary solar market set for ‘exciting times’ as growth, O&G interest set to continue
The continued growth of the secondary solar market on a pan-European scale will result in “exciting times” for the sector, but big utilities are unlikely to stay on the sidelines.
European solar finance community gathers to plot PV’s post-subsidy course
Representatives of some of solar PV’s leading European finance houses will meet in London this week as the continent’s solar industry inches ever closer to grid-parity.
Solarcentury appoints Banks to lead UK subsidy-free solar team
Solarcentury has poached Chris Banks from RES to lead its subsidy-free solar development team in the UK.
UKPN puts landmark Leighton Buzzard battery up for sale
Distribution network operator (DNO) UK Power Networks has officially put its landmark ‘Smarter Network Storage’ Leighton Buzzard battery up for sale.
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Revealing the true UK large-scale solar farm pipeline for 2019
Finlay Colville, head of market research at Solar Media, delves into the UK large-scale solar pipeline to reveal what really could be built over the next 12 months.
Priority dispatch maintained for Europe’s small-scale solar
Small-scale solar PV installations have maintained their priority dispatch rights in Europe after a vote by European Union Member States last week.
UK to join Europe’s subsidy-free solar ‘vanguard’ in 2019
Wood Mackenzie has predicted that the UK will join Europe’s “vanguard of subsidy-free utility-scale solar PV” in 2019 as project costs continue to fall.
Bristol to launch ‘new wave’ of South West clean energy projects with European funding
Almost £2 million in new European funding is to support the development of a “new wave” of energy projects in the South West.
BEIS eyeing relaxed planning conditions for co-located storage sites
The government is seeking to remove a significant hurdle for utility-scale co-located storage sites, enabling projects with combined capacities in excess of 50MW to proceed without requiring government consent.
Government must re-examine established renewables policy, consider ‘CfD Floor’ mechanism
The government must urgently re-examine its policy for supporting established renewables if it is to meet climate objectives, research and analysis firm Cornwall Insight has said.