The UK installed almost 4GW of solar PV throughout 2015 after more solar was deployed in Q4 2015 than any previous fourth-quarter period, Solar Power Portal can reveal.
Figures released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change this morning show a significant increase in deployment for December 2015, but the industry has reacted with claims the rush is not as large as previously expected.
Germany-headquartered BayWa r.e. has continued its latest run of solar farm sales by offloading yet another project to compatriot insurance firm Munich Re.
The UK’s solar industry installed almost 23,000 systems in December 2015 as consumers rushed to have rooftop PV fitted prior to the new feed-in tariff regime.
The latest government figures for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) have shown small solar thermal systems accounted for just 2% of non-domestic applications, while the technology fared better in the domestic market at 12%.
The BRE National Solar Centre yesterday launched two new guides on solar storage systems, one of which has been aimed specifically at installers in the space.
Solar developer Elgin Energy is planning a 23MW solar farm at the site of a former RAF airfield in Gloucester, claiming that it could become one of the UK’s first subsidy-free projects.
A solar array at Leicester’s Community Sports Arena has been completed just in time for the installation to benefit from the higher rate of feed-in tariff no longer available to new projects.
Panasonic has teamed with cloud platform company ezzingSolar to extend upon its virtual solar mapping and offer an online, ‘try before you buy’ equivalent.
