Commercial & Residential Solar

Solar Power Portal rounds up the top stories: public opinion swaying planning decisions, big BESS plans for the UK.

Rushcliffe Borough Council secures £1.2 million to harness solar PV modules and air-source heat pumps at Cotgrave Leisure Centre.

British energy company Good Energy Group PLC has announced that an export tariff of 40p per kilowatt hour will be available for customers of its solar branch, Good Energy Solar.

Volt Group Scotland, a multi-trade service company, has partnered with HDM Energies, a Yorkshire-based renewable energy company, to offer rooftop solar installations for commercial properties with zero capital expenditure.

Solar installer GB NRG has successfully completed solar PV installations across Crendon Timber Engineering sites spanning the UK.

Cloud services provider iomart has announced it will now power its flagship data centre with a rooftop solar installation.

Sonning Common Primary School will install solar photovoltaic (PV) panels using an interest-free loan of just under £12,000 from Oxfordshire County Council.

Solar Energy Scotland has raised concerns over the new energy efficiency standard for buildings put forward by the Scottish government.

The Solar Nation, a network of solar panel installers, has partnered with Hometree to offer finance options for those looking to install residential solar panels.

The government announced on 30 July that the budget for the sixth auction round (AR6) of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme will see a £500 million increase, reaching £1.5 billion.