Green energy utility Ecotricity has announced plans to develop three “hybrid” energy parks – combining wind and solar generation at the same site – in the UK.
Solar could provide as much power as Hinkley Point C at half the cost, the Solar Trade Association (STA) has claimed as criticism of an expected nuclear agreement with China continues to mount.
Proposed cuts to the small-scale feed-in tariff are placing up to £127 million worth of community projects at risk, Community Energy England (CEE) has claimed.
The net cost of wind and solar incurred by the government was almost two-thirds (58%) less than costs reflected in the Levy Control Framework, a report by renewables utility Good Energy has claimed.
Sunamp, a Scottish manufacturer of heat batteries for domestic energy storage, including models designed to link with PV systems, has started serial production of its units from a base in the UK.
A steady increase in local authority interest in ground-mount solar will not be affected by subsidy cuts, according to a consultant speaking at SEUK today.
The UK market is capable of riding out current uncertainty and has a longer term sustainable future, an executive from Chinese inverter manufacturer Sungrow said during the Solar Energy UK event in Birmingham.
