Commercial & Residential Solar

UK charity, British Red Cross has expanded two UK solar installations.

Martin Cotterell looks at the forthcoming IET Solar PV code of practice, how it relates to other PV installation standards and the impact on installers in the UK.

Forrest will install PV on 1,850 homes in Salford after agreeing terms with City West Housing Trust.

Solar is “ready for prime time” award-winning journalist and activist, Naomi Klein told Solar Power Portal at an event in London on Monday night.

British renewable developer Camborne Capital and US independent power producer sPower have completed their first joint acquisition.

Renewable energy investor Low Carbon has expanded its portfolio of UK solar farms with an 8.2MW plant in East Sussex. Work will begin this month.

German developer ib vogt GmbH and Northamptonshire-based Solafields have announced the completion of a 37.8MW solar farm in Crundale, Pembrokeshire.

Property fund manager Highcross has installed a 250kWp solar system on its 1000 Lakeside building in Portsmouth.

The construction of a community-owned solar farm in Dundee could help reduce fuel poverty and regenerate land that is classed as contaminated and derelict, according to Solar Cities Scotland, a charity trying to mastermind Scotland’s largest community-owned solar farm.

Spanish PV developer, OPDE has received planning permission for a 10.8MW solar farm in Somerset.