Commercial & Residential Solar

Solarcentury has completed one of Panama’s first solar farms to be connected to the country’s grid after following a subsidy free route to the spot market.

Transport for London has said it is committed to diversifying its energy supply through the use of renewables but stressed that solar must represent “the best value for money” if it is to be installed.

A solar installer in Cardiff has installed what it claims to be the first Tesla Powerwall in the UK market.

Benu Energy has completed a ground mounted solar farm in the shadow of two wind turbines to add to the renewable energy being generated for Bristol City Council.

A shopping centre in Hull is set to make considerable savings on its energy bills after installing around 1,100 solar panels as part of an efficiency drive across the whole site.

The UK solar industry is moving towards a market led by power purchase agreements (PPAs) and wider use of storage technology in the wake of subsidy cuts.

The clean energy industry has received a stark warning that it needs to commit more resources to lobbying to counter the efforts of a failing fossil fuel industry.

The sharp decline in wholesale energy prices will prevent storage from taking off in the UK in the coming years, a panel of asset managers said on Monday.

Residents in Swindon could be given the opportunity to co-invest in a new solar farm with their local council in a first for community energy projects.

The publication of feed-in tariff deployment statistics last month showed that with just 54MW of domestic solar deployed to date, London continues to lag far behind other areas of the UK despite having a much higher concentration of households and office buildings.