Commercial & Residential Solar

Large-scale solar PV in the UK will be cheaper than gas before 2018, according to a report published by the Solar Trade Association.

Sainsbury’s in Longbridge, Birmingham was evacuated on Saturday 15 November after a fire broke out on the supermarket’s roof.

Eight19, a developer of organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology, has received a further £1 million investment from IP Group to assist with the growth of the company’s production volume and commercial activities.

BF Adventure has installed solar panels just four days after being awarded £11,572 at Energyshare Cornwall’s Energy Fund Awards.

Lightsource Renewable Energy has forged a partnership with local solar developer Push Energy to commission a 10MW solar farm in Essex.

Hitachi Rail Europe’s train manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe, Durham will be partly powered by a 1MW solar array.

Wirsol Energy Ltd has announced a deal to acquire two solar farms totalling 42.5MW of capacity in the UK.

First Solar and Belectric have started construction of one of the UK’s largest solar farms, a 46MW project in Oxfordshire.

Investment platform Abundance has launched what it is claiming to be Europe’s largest crowdfunded solar project.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a solar installer and a green energy firm in West Yorkshire for safety breaches following a severe injury to a worker who fell from a roof during a solar install.