Commercial & Residential Solar

The Solar Trade Association (STA) has issued an open letter to suppliers calling for export tariffs before the 1 January 2020 deadline.

Solar panels are being installed at Aldershot Station as part of a project exploring solar-powered railways.

Emma Bridge, chief executive of Community Energy England, looks at some of the successes and challenges community energy is currently facing in light of the closure to the feed-in tariff and announcement of the Smart Export Guarantee.

The government should provide sustained funding into solar innovation and set a clear vision for the role of flexibility in the energy system, according to a new report.

Viridian Solar has penned a new supply agreement for its roof-integrated solar solution, adding another string to its new-build housing market bow.

Reductions in costs of solar technology, as well as co-location with increasingly cheaper storage, is set to boost solar growth in the later part of the next decade, said National Grid ESO.

A wrap-up of recent solar project news including a charity in West Sussex that will save thousands on its energy bills, Lidl’s Irish solar expansion and why First Solar panels installed in Lancashire are ‘coming home’.

Birds can build nests under rooftop PV panels, which can result in sound pollution or damage to the panels and PV system.

Oxford PV has secured £34 million in new funding, partly from Meyer Burger, for a 200MW heterojunction (HJT) solar cell line.

E.On has unveiled a range of interest-free financing options for domestic solar and storage in the UK, helping consumers spread installation costs.