Commercial & Residential Solar

A 48MW solar farm in Kent has won planning permission after a decision was deferred by Canterbury City Council to its planning committee.

Lightsource Renewable Energy has connected a 5.1MW solar farm in Nottinghamshire between the villages of Kirton and Tuxford.

Stirling Council is aiming to install solar PV on a further 700 properties over the next two years in order to meet the Scottish Housing Quality Standard.

One of London’s most prominent skyscrapers, the ‘Walkie Talkie’ building at 20 Fenchurch Street, is generating its own electricity thanks to a 50kWp solar array installed by Nottingham-based solar installer, EvoEnergy.

The London borough of Ealing is to extend its solar PV programme by 240 homes, building on a previous solar rollout.

Trina Solar has revealed that it has sold its 13.2MW solar farm located in Dorset to funds managed by Foresight Group.

With several key solar energy events coming up this quarter, Solar Power Portal runs down Solar Media’s UK event series.

Sir Ben Ainslie’s new sailing team’s headquarters in Portsmouth will be powered by solar following a partnership with renewable investor Low Carbon.

Investment firm Equinox Energy Capital has announced that it has purchased the rights to a 19MW solar farm in Cumbria from Reading-based solar developer, Livos Energy.

Solar PV installations are starting to gain traction in Scotland but more can be done to encourage uptake, according to WWF Scotland, Lightsource Renewable Energy and the Solar Trade Association.