Commercial & Residential Solar

Tomorrow (17 January), the government will debate a new bill that would require all new homes to have solar PV generation installed.

The UK’s National Energy System Operator (NESO) has issued a proposal that, if approved, would see the transmission impact assessment (TIA) threshold rise from 1MW to 5MW.

Renewable energy provider Two Blues Solar has completed installation and powering of a 165kWp system at one of a livestock feed provider’s sites in Stoke on Trent.

Renewable energy company SolarKW has been sold to Upvolt in a deal aiming to boost the reach of rooftop solar in the Oxfordshire area.

Gareth Simkins, senior communications adviser for Solar Energy UK, reflects on the past year’s progress in the solar sector.

Solar Power Portal sat down with Power Roll CEO Neil Spann to explore how thin film solar could deliver the “rooftop revolution” the government has promised.

Private equity firm AtmosClear Investments has acquired a fully operational 6.4MW rooftop solar portfolio.

Brighton and Hove City Council has announced what it calls its “largest rollout of solar PV to date” on its non-domestic public buildings.

RAP Renewables, an industrial component and renewable energy solutions supplier based in the north of England, has won a contract to deliver a solar installation on the rooftop of a warehouse facility owned by Cleveland McIver.

The latest solar energy statistics from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) have revealed that the UK now has over 17GW of installed solar capacity.