Commercial & Residential Solar

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.

Bristol Energy Cooperative (BEC) has partnered with Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) to build a 240kWp rooftop array on the airbase.

Consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was opened yesterday (30 July), with changes intended to “turbo-charge” the delivery of renewable generation by giving “significant weight” to the benefits associated with renewable and low carbon energy generation.

While the new Labour government has promised to “unleash a solar rooftop revolution”, Solar Together analysis shows a drop in solar panel uptake across England in 2024 so far.

Three organisations from across the energy sector have released a report examining how the UK’s solar energy planning system could be improved to hit renewable energy capacity targets.

New data from the UK government has shown that the UK now has 16.9GW of solar capacity online, as of the end of June 2024.