Commercial & Residential Solar

Councils in Norfolk are to launch a collective purchase scheme for solar PV alongside online utility switching service iChoosr.

Germany-based solar developer Athos Solar completed a trio of solar farms in the UK ahead of this month’s ROC deadline before selling them onto NextEnergy Solar Fund.

An additional 100 million more solar panels would have to be installed over the next 15 years if Labour is to meet its election promise of carbon-free energy generation by 2030, renewable energy firm EvoEnergy has claimed.

Portugal-based PV producer and developer has revealed that it successfully connected five solar farms ahead of the 31 March renewable obligation deadline.

Abakus solar AG and Bouygues Energies & Services’ joint venture (abakus BYes solar UK) has completed the construction of three solar farms for renewable investor, Low Carbon.

The Port of Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire has said it has become carbon neutral following the completion of its solar projects last year and other energy efficiency projects.

Home improvement company Travis Perkins has collaborated with solar installer Solarlec to add a 157.5kW rooftop array to its regional distribution centre near Warrington, Cheshire.

Cambridge-based Solar Cloth Company has appointed former ARM operations director Mike Staplehurst as its new chief executive.

Plans to extend the solar PV phase of the £100 million Kettering Energy Park from 34 hectares to 49 hectares have been approved by Kettering Council.

Energy storage start-up, Powervault has exceeded its £350,000 crowd funding target as it looks to commercialise its ‘plug and play’ domestic storage device.