A large fire which broke out on Hove Town Hall is believed to have been caused by an electrical fault in the solar installation on the building’s roof.
Aberdeen-based developer BWE Partnership has revealed that it is set to start construction on what it claims is one of Scotland’s largest solar developments, a 9.5MW solar farm in Arbroath.
Record temperatures on Wednesday saw UK solar capacity generate enough electricity to power two million households for a day, according to estimates made by energy supplier Good Energy.
Canada-based Schneider Electric more than doubled its solar PV capacity in the UK throughout the first three months of 2015 after connecting over 300MW of additional capacity to the grid.
North East Lincolnshire Council is eyeing plans to install rooftop solar projects on a number of public buildings in an attempt to improve energy efficiency and drastically cut energy bills.
Solar PV developer, Inazin Power has revealed that it connected 76MW of solar farm capacity to the grid ahead of the 31 March renewable obligation (RO) deadline.
