Commercial & Residential Solar

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.

The UK arm of Austrian inverter manufacturer, Fronius, will be demonstrating its new range of energy storage devices at Solar Energy UK (SEUK).

Slovenian module maker and project developer Bisol will be showcasing its coloured Spectrum modules, which have recently benefitted from an increase in power.

The Northumberland Aged Mineworkers Homes Association will provide free solar PV systems to residents of the Aging Miners project to help lower energy bills.

The head of community energy at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said yesterday that the government wants to see an “upsurge” in community generated energy projects, while acknowledging serious barriers exist in policy.

Freetricity will install another 10,000 residential PV systems in England and Wales following a deal with clean energy investor and fund manager Zouk Capital.

Rochdale Borough Council has started construction on Greater Manchester’s first publicly owned ‘solar farm’ in an attempt to become Britain’s greenest local authority.