Commercial & Residential Solar

UK solar start-up Naked Energy has signed an agreement with US-based manufacturer Jabil to scale up the production of its hybrid solar technology, Virtu.

As 2015 draws to a close, Solar Power Portal runs through some of the biggest and most interesting stories of the year. In our fourth and final part, we visit the government’s overhaul of the feed-in tariff and arguably its motivation for doing so; a mammoth quarter for solar deployment which took everyone – and particularly DECC – by surprise.

As 2015 draws to a close, Solar Power Portal runs through some of the biggest and most interesting stories of the year. In part three, we take a look back at February’s CfD results which have since seen two winning projects stumble, and a high court ruling which may lead to the dismantling of a solar park in Wiltshire.

North Star Solar is set to deliver a new solar battery storage pilot scheme in four London boroughs as it tests battery combinations across 40 council homes.

A minor change to wording incorporated within the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s RO consultation response could mean as much as 1GW of ground-mount solar could fail to qualify for the 1.3 ROC grace period, which closes on 31 March 2016.

Renewable electricity generation soared in Q3 2015 but continued to have little impact on domestic electricity bills.

Primrose Solar has added another solar development to its portfolio after acquiring the Fanny House Solar Farm from Novus Solar Developments.

Armstrong Energy Income has secured almost £30 million in financing for its portfolio rooftop solar installations.

Members of the community energy sector have welcomed the return of pre-accreditation as part of the government’s changes to solar subsidies, but have expressed concerns over the long-term impact of the consultation outcome.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has confirmed that the Renewables Obligation (RO) for new solar PV capacity of 5MW and below is to be closed a year early on 1 April 2016.