Commercial & Residential Solar

The UK’s first grid connected solar system has been tested on its 20th anniversary, to find it still has a 95% generation rate from its initial installation 20 years ago.

Solar Power Portal is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2014 Solar Power Portal Awards…

Lincoln-based energy company, Freewatt, has said that it has £63 million of investment riding on the outcome of Thursday’s Scottish Independence vote.

SunEdison and its yield co, TerraForm, have completed the connection of two solar power plants in the UK, totalling 50MW.

UK-based thin-film start-up, Oxford Photovoltaics said it would commercialise a perovskite based tandem thin-film for conventional c-Si solar cells ahead of plans to commercialise its BIPV product offering set for 2017.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund has acquired a portfolio of 12 operational solar assets.

NextEnergy Solar Fund has announced the acquisition of a 14.5MW solar farm in Wiltshire.

Cherwell District Council has given the green light to a proposed 8MW solar farm project in Upper Arncott, near Bicester.

Solar panel cleaning company, Clean Solar Solutions, has been awarded a contract to clean Ethical Power’s 50 solar array portfolio.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund acquired 10 solar assets across the UK during its first 12 months, as revealed by the company’s full year results published today.