Commercial & Residential Solar

Luxcara has acquired five UK sites from Conergy in a deal that adds 34.4MWp to the German asset manager’s portfolio of renewable energy developments.

Total solar capacity installed in the UK has broken through the 10GW barrier, Solar Power Portal can reveal.

Construction of Europe’s largest floating solar PV array is underway on London’s Queen Elizabeth II reservoir, where the installation will help Thames Water meet its target of self-generated a third of its own power by 2020.

Islington Council has estimated that it stands to benefit from £1.5 million following the installation of solar panels across three of its properties.

Lord Bourne has reiterated the government’s tough stance on subsidies, calling for international funding from both the public and private sector to pick up the slack.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has appeared to have upgraded its 2020 solar forecast again, this time to 13GW.

Over 250 people are racing to complete the 50MW Wroughton Airfield solar farm almost a year after it was given the green light from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).

Martin Cotterell founded his solar installation company, Sundog Energy, in 1995. A veteran of the industry who likely requires little introduction, he has worked with groups including Greenpeace and the British Antarctic Survey and played a key role in creating a 2012 guide to PV system installation used by UK accreditation service MCS.

The Solar Trade Association has said that there is a “strong case” for solar technologies to be treated the same as other energy savings materials as HMRC deliberates its consultation response.

Trade body SolarPower Europe (SPE) has said that Europe’s solar market grew 15% in 2015 with around 8GW of PV connected – around half of that coming from the UK market.