Large-Scale Solar

Steel and industrial supplier Thomas Graham has installed solar on its new warehouse at Kingmoor Park in Carlisle.

Mail service provider, CFH Docmail has had a 250kWp solar array installed at its Radstock site in Somerset.

Nottinghamshire County Council is using a new system that allows the size of an installed solar array to exceed the grid allowance.

Renewable energy provider sPower and developer Camborne Capital have acquired a solar project in Pembrokeshire, Wales from RGE Energy UK.

Tourism leaflet manufacturer, Seymac Distribution Services has boosted its green credentials after the installation of a 30kWp solar array on the company’s warehouse.

UK-based PV project developer Castillium has connected the 48kW project at South West College, in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. It will supply power to the CREST (Centre for Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technology) Passive Pavilion and, following a deal announced in January this year, has been equipped with robotic tracking made by US start-up QBotix.

Wiltshire Wildlife Community Energy (WWCE) is aiming to raise £2.7 million to help finance the construction of a 5MW solar farm near Swindon.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has confirmed that it will extend the grace period for solar projects when the renewable obligation (RO) scheme is scrapped for projects over 5MW in April 2015. 

Large-scale solar PV in the UK will be cheaper than gas before 2018, according to a report published by the Solar Trade Association.

Sainsbury’s in Longbridge, Birmingham was evacuated on Saturday 15 November after a fire broke out on the supermarket’s roof.