Renewables’ share of electricity generation has increased to record levels according to the latest government figures which claim that solar PV accounted for around 9% of renewable generation in 2015.
Vattenfall has begun generating electricity at a prototype project which sees a new solar development share an existing grid connection with one of the company’s wind farms.
Solarcentury says it will have connected 140MW of large-scale ground mount solar sites in the current ROC year by the end of the month in anticipation of the early closure of the Renewables Obligation (RO).
German solar EPC BayWa r.e. has added to the UK’s pre-ROC deadline activity by commissioning six new solar farms prior to tomorrow’s 1.3 ROC cut-off point.
Chinese solar firm ReneSola has confirmed the connection of four utility-scale solar projects in the UK just days before the 1.3 ROC grace deadline expires.
A quarter of the energy required at a water treatment facility in Scotland is to be met by a new solar array after Scottish Water completed its latest renewable energy installation at the Marchbank Water Treatment Works.
Anesco has completed construction of a new solar farm and storage project in partnership with a community energy group which will see local charities benefit from funding over the next 40 years.
