Commercial & Residential Solar

Increased policy uncertainty in the energy sector has caused grid management problems in the past and could prevent a swifter transition to a low-carbon network infrastructure, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has claimed.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has dramatically upgraded its solar deployment forecast for 2020 to 12GW.

Germany-based EPC firm Goldbeck Solar has started construction of a 50MW solar farm near Melksham in Wiltshire.

John Laing Environmental Assets group has added to its burgeoning rooftop portfolio with the acquisition of an operational portfolio for almost £10 million.

An initiative to provide codes of best practise in the selling and installation of PV systems paired with electricity storage is underway, with authors of a guide seeking consultation from stakeholders.

An initiative to provide codes of best practise in the selling and installation of PV systems paired with electricity storage is underway, with authors of a guide seeking consultation from stakeholders.

Solar PV generation reached almost 3.2TWh in Q2 2015 according to the latest figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) following a period of substantial growth in the sector.

The UK will comfortably remain the leading European market for new solar PV installations during the calendar year 2016 – and not simply confined to installations completed under the 1.3 ROC fiscal period ending 31 March 2016, Solar Power Portal can reveal.

Bus operator Stagecoach has revealed plans to install solar across its portfolio of bus depots in the UK in order to reduce its carbon emissions.

London-based solar giant Lightsource Renewable Energy has secured a major, multi-billion pound deal to install around 3GW of solar in India.