Republic of Ireland-based potato farming firm O’Shea Farms is aiming to install a 250kWp installation on the roofs of two of its buildings next month, claiming the development to be the “largest plant so far in the Republic”.
Buckinghamshire-based independent connection provider, g2 Energy claims that it is close to connecting its 100th commercial-scale solar development in the UK to the grid.
Police are urging owners of ground-mount solar installations in Lincolnshire to be vigilant after a spate of recent solar panel thefts continued last week.
Solar technology manufacturer Earthwise Products has signed a distribution deal which will see Solarvis Energy stock the company’s SOLiC 200 immersion heater.
Solar asset management firm Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has diversified into feed-in tariff supported projects with a £6 million acquisition deal and taken on its first commercial rooftop install.
The deployment of, and subsequent feed-in tariff degression, levied at sub-5MW standalone projects is causing “significant concern” for the future route to market for such projects, according to Solar Trade Association business analyst David Pickup.
Third-party investors are still interested in helping Doncaster City Council deploy thousands of rooftop installations, but the council has admitted that further reductions to the feed-in tariff will have an impact on the future of the scheme.
