Commercial & Residential Solar

Thanks to the December 12th FIT deadline its all hands to the pump here – and I am back on the tools for a few weeks. This week’s project is a 50kWp installation on the metal roof of a local auction mart.

China-based module provider JinkoSolar has today revealed plans to install a 5MW solar plant in the UK with AEE Renewables. Having already installed 9MW of large-scale solar in the UK, the companies are now considering a further project – despite the large-scale feed-in tariff cuts.

Ashford Borough Council is set to cancel the rollout of solar panels on council-owned buildings in the wake of the proposal to reduce subsidies for solar PV technology.

MCS001 has now been updated and published as a revised version 2.0. The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has revised some of the paragraphs to better align common requirements and to help shed light on the intent of some of the clauses.

Shoreline Housing Partnership, Grimsby’s largest social housing landlord, has been forced to abandon a £30 million scheme which was set to install over 3,300 solar PV systems on homes in North East Lincolnshire as a direct result of Government’s feed-in tariff cuts.

The recently-announced Government proposals to cut the feed-in tariffs for solar power by more than 50 percent on December 12 threaten the development of a £12 million photovoltaic development program in Westminster. The council’s scheme was designed to help tackle fuel poverty, particularly as some areas…

The University of Bedfordshire has announced the filing of a ground-breaking patent application. The patent is based on a new technique for powering electronic devices by using alternative energy sources, such as solar or wind energy.

Leominster Community Solar has taken the bold decision to proceed with the planned 50kWp installation on Leominster’s sports centre’s roof with the backing of the project’s installer Southern Solar.

Following the Government’s recent FiT cuts, Brighton Energy Co-operative has been forced to postpone the launch of its share offer as it waits for the results of the FiT review for community schemes, which is due December 23. 

Many buildings in the UK are often overlooked in terms of their suitability for solar photovoltaics as they are placed on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, or classed as a ‘listed building’. However, The Greener Group, a Chester based solar installer, has completed a groundbreaking solar photovoltaic installation on a listed building. It is one of the first installations of its kind in the country.