Commercial & Residential Solar

Swansea University has launched a new solar energy research centre designed to deliver world-leading scientific research and to support the growth of solar in Wales.

The Solar Trade Association (STA) has published a Grid Barriers to Solar Power briefing designed as a step-by-step guide on the key issues and actions needed to address the “serious problems with grid access” facing solar developers.

The European Commission has announced a list of 140 electricity projects that will be fast tracked and have access to a funding pot of €5.85 billion (US$7.9 billion) including a new UK storage installation and interconnections with Ireland.

Automotive connector and heated glazing manufacturer Strip Tinning has opened a new prototype line that produces string ribbon for solar cells.

Lightsource Renewable Energy and Investec Bank have announced the refinancing of four solar farms with a total capacity of 38MW across the UK.

A claim brought forward by Portuguese thermodynamic module manufacturer Energie EST Lda against the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has been dismissed.

A 10MW solar farm in Cambridgeshire has been put up for sale by a private landowner.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has announced the acquisition of a solar farm project in Cornwall from German solar developer Parabel AG.

Steel company Tata has launched a ground-mount PV system for the UK market. The company offer systems built to order based on the needs of a customer base which, along with sourcing and constructing steel frames, includes independently sourcing the solar panels appropriate to each project.

Hadstone Energy Limited and Belltown Power Limited have reached an agreement for the funding and sale of the Watchfield solar farm project in Somerset.