Large-Scale Solar

A controversial solar farm planned on land owned by South Dorset MP Richard Drax looks set for approval despite the opposition of more than 650 local residents.

The surge of large-scale solar installs caused by the removal of renewable obligation support for solar sites over 5MW was felt most keenly in the East of England, according to figures obtained by Solar Intelligence.

Greg Barker has questioned the aesthetics of “bright blue [solar] panels with aluminium standing proud on a tile roof” that have been prevalent in the UK domestic market.

Ministry of Defence (MoD) takes advantage of renewable obligation policy just before Whitehall scrapped it with UK’s largest solar farm development – and it could be expanded.  

Fruit farm Place UK has sought to trim its “significantly” increasing energy bills by installing a 200kWp ground-mount solar array at its 900-acre farm.

Kent-based solar developer, Countryside Renewables has won planning permission for a 5MW solar farm in Lincolnshire.

Construction of a 40MW solar farm has been completed at the site of a new MOD training facility at RAF Lyneham, becoming the first project to form part of the government’s project to install 1GW of solar on government land.

A lack of clarity from Ofgem over specifics of the government’s split-ownership commercial and community scheme has not dissuaded developers from pursuing the “difficult” process, says RegenSW chief executive Merlin Hyman.

Property developer Cross Keys Homes has hailed its £16.5 million rooftop solar scheme a success after installing solar systems on social housing roofs in Peterborough.

Despite the UK becoming Europe’s largest ground-mount solar market in 2015, just 16 developers have completed more than 100MW of UK projects, according to statistics to be revealed in Solar Intelligence’s upcoming UK Large-Scale Ground-Mount Solar UK report.