Commercial & Residential Solar

Almost £2 million in new European funding is to support the development of a “new wave” of energy projects in the South West.

The government’s Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), its eagerly awaited replacement for the soon-to-close export tariff, has been dubbed both a “new era” for solar and a “mountain to climb” as the proposals received a mixed response.

The government expects its proposed Smart Export Guarantee to have a positive, albeit notional impact on domestic solar deployment it has said.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has unveiled a new ‘Smart Export Guarantee’ to replace the export tariff.

Solar and storage technologies would possess a “mutually beneficial interaction” in the Capacity Market (CM) should renewables be introduced into the mechanism, National Grid has said.

The first domestic battery storage installations under the StoreNet project are to complete before the end of this month in what’s a first of its kind for Ireland.

Nottingham City Council has secured more than £5 million in funding to expand the rollout of its Energiesprong homes programme.

Premier Inn has installed a 100kW lithium ion battery at its Gyle at Edinburgh Park hotel in the Scottish capital, claiming it to be the first battery-powered hotel in the UK.

Solar developer Our Generation has failed in a bid to recoup some £8 million from Aberdeen City Council.

We conclude our recap of the most significant stories of 2018 for UK solar, remembering what happened throughout October, November and December. Energy minister Claire Perry, predictably, features heavily.