Commercial & Residential Solar

Leonie Greene, director of advocacy and new markets at the Solar Trade Association, takes stock of recent goings on in Westminster and discusses how a general election would be the ideal time for any future government to bolster the UK’s solar ambitions.

PROINSO, a global leader in the solar energy market, and SOLAREN, have won the 2019 Asian Power Award in the category “Solar Power Project of the Year – Philippines” for their 2.16MWp commercial rooftop solar project in the Philippines.

Implement “proper” climate change plans or risk facing legal challenge, environmental lawyers have warned 100 councils across England.

Global finance giant Legal & General (L&G) is backing rooftop PV with £57.5 million of long-term debt financing.

The Solar Trade Association (STA) has slammed government solar deployment statistics, issuing an ultimatum to either “get its house in order” or cease publishing the figures.

Commercial solar installer RenEnergy has scored a new partnership with Premier League football club Norwich City.

A solar-powered railway – billed as the first of its kind – has been switched on in Aldershot, supplying the network’s signalling and lights with electricity.

Battery storage technology firm Moixa and EV charging manufacturer EO Charging have unveiled a “revolutionary” solar-plus-storage-plus EV charging solution for the UK market.

HBS New Energies has been appointed as one of the principle PV contractors for the installation of solar across 21 Welsh Water sites.

The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has unveiled its rebrand focused on improving accessibility for consumers and emphasising the benefits of ‘home-grown energy’.