Large-Scale Solar

Eight19, a developer of organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology, has received a further £1 million investment from IP Group to assist with the growth of the company’s production volume and commercial activities.

BF Adventure has installed solar panels just four days after being awarded £11,572 at Energyshare Cornwall’s Energy Fund Awards.

Lightsource Renewable Energy has forged a partnership with local solar developer Push Energy to commission a 10MW solar farm in Essex.

Hitachi Rail Europe’s train manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe, Durham will be partly powered by a 1MW solar array.

Wirsol Energy Ltd has announced a deal to acquire two solar farms totalling 42.5MW of capacity in the UK.

First Solar and Belectric have started construction of one of the UK’s largest solar farms, a 46MW project in Oxfordshire.

Investment platform Abundance has launched what it is claiming to be Europe’s largest crowdfunded solar project.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a solar installer and a green energy firm in West Yorkshire for safety breaches following a severe injury to a worker who fell from a roof during a solar install.

Private investment firm, Equinox Energy Capital has completed a deal to acquire the project rights to a 5.7MW project in Brackley, Northamptonshire.

RWE Supply & Trading, the German utility’s trading arm, has completed its first solar farm project in the UK, a 37MW development on a disused airfield in Oxfordshire.