Commercial & Residential Solar

Housing association North Lincolnshire Homes (NLH) has green lit the installation of rooftop solar kits on “as many” of its houses as possible.

A group of 100 of the UK’s leading community energy groups has pleaded with chancellor George Osborne to reverse community energy tax relief cuts as Balcombe has been forced to shelve its own solar farm plans.

The Microgeneration Certification Scheme has announced that new fire prevention standards outlined in issue two of MCS 012 are to come into force from May 2016.

UK installer eco NRG Solutions has partnered with Germany’s New Energy for the World to complete a 7MW solar farm in Somerset and start work on a 100MW portfolio across the UK.

The UK’s largest solar developer Lightsource Renewables has refinanced yet more of its solar assets, this time raising £284 million.

Asset management group NextEnergy Solar Farm (NESF) has completed the acquisition of a trio of ground-mount solar farms, taking its investment value beyond £300 million.

Module manufacturer Hanwha Q CELLS has closed a financing deal for a third UK solar farm with big six utility EDF Energy also involved once again.

The UK will surpass the 9GW solar capacity barrier this week owing to a significant increase in ROO-FiT eligible installations, Solar Power Portal can reveal.

Investment group John Laing Environmental Assets (JLEA) has spent £18.8 million on a new portfolio of solar assets with a total capacity of 4.2MW.

Energy regulator Ofgem has published prospective feed-in tariff rates for solar PV which will come into force on 1 January providing proposals to cut the FiT dramatically have yet to be enacted.