Commercial & Residential Solar

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‘Massive’ EU rollout of rooftop solar proposed

July 8, 2020
The European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy has adopted a report supporting a pan-European solar rooftop programme.
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SPEN funds 14 community solar projects across Scotland

July 6, 2020
Across Scotland, 14 local organisations have received funding from SP Energy Networks (SPEN) for solar installations.
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STA: Scaling up smart solar homes to 4.4m could ‘dramatically’ flatten evening peak

July 3, 2020
The Solar Trade Association (STA) has released a new report detailing how mass adoption of residential solar, storage and smart controls could completely remove the evening peak.
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Yorkshire Water opens tender for solar at 150 sites

June 30, 2020
Yorkshire Water has opened a tender for an eight-year solar framework agreement as it works to become net zero by 2030.
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Up to 1,000 homes to receive solar PV in new Brighton & Hove City Council scheme

June 23, 2020
Brighton and Hove City Council is planning to install solar panels on up to 1,000 council-owned homes.
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Solar and clear skies: Not a penny more, not a penny less

June 23, 2020
Following the UK’s sunny spring, James Page takes a look at the impact of the clear skies and the low pollution rates on solar in the UK.
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Riding Sunbeams receives £400k to drive forward solar power railways

June 18, 2020
Greentech start-up Riding Sunbeams has won £400,000 of innovation funding from the Department for Transport and InnovateUK’s First Of A Kind 2020 programme for a solar rail demonstrator.
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STA calls on UK government to set 40GW solar capacity target

June 16, 2020
The Solar Trade Association (STA) has called on the UK government to target 40GW of solar capacity by 2030.
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Domestic renewable energy installs rise 37% in ‘early signs’ of recovery

June 16, 2020
There are “early signs” of domestic renewable energy installations recovering, according to the MCS.
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Portsmouth City Council solar generation hits new record thanks to sunny spring

June 15, 2020
Portsmouth City Council has recorded a record amount of solar generation during the COVID-19 lockdown thanks to the sunniest spring on record.

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