Commercial & Residential Solar

The latest weekly installation figures for the sub 50kW market show a 90% fall off from last week’s year-high levels which saw 32MW installed.

Approximately 200 council-owned houses across Gravesham Borough have been fitted with solar panels under a new pilot project.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has set a new definition for fuel poverty following an independent review and consultation.

A solar development firm is working up plans for a new 72-acre solar park in rural Cumbria.

A report by the UK Green Building Council has called for incentives including reduced council tax bills or stamp duty to encourage up to 1.5 million home energy retrofits each year and boost the government’s Green Deal programme.

Ground-mounted solar farms are to become a safe haven for the declining British bumblebee under a new initiative from PV project developer Solarcentury.

The UK solar industry installed 31MW worth of new solar capacity ahead of a reduction in feed-in tariff (FiT) support for solar on 1 July.

The level of renewable capacity installed in the South West has grown by almost 50% in the last 12 months, according to a new report published by Regen SW.

In response to reduced feed-in-tariff (FiT) rates, Aldershot distributor, Segen, is lowering its PV product prices by 3.5%.

The government has opened the door for shale gas companies to begin exploratory drilling across the UK in order to determine the fuel’s potential in the UK.