Large-Scale Solar

The latest deployment figures published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) reveal that over 77MW of new capacity was added in the less than 50kW sector during the month of March.

West Lindsey District Council has granted planning permission for a 50MW solar park on the site of a former RAF base in Lincolnshire.

German PV company Conergy has successfully installed four solar plants in the UK with a total installed capacity of 39MW.

The available rate of Renewable Obligation (RO) support for solar developments has dropped from 1.6ROCs to 1.4ROCs as of 1 April, 2014.

Foresight Solar Fund has announced that it has completed a further three solar farms totalling 39.6MW of new capacity.

The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has announced that has expanded its portfolio after acquiring two solar farms in the South West with a combined generating capacity of 30.4MW.

The largest airport PV system in Britain has successfully been installed at London Southend Airport as part of a £10 million terminal expansion built by Kier Construction.

The residents of Balcombe, the small West Sussex village best known for being at the centre of a hectic 2013 protest against UK fracking in the surrounding area, have launched their own renewable energy co-operative in an effort to generate their own power through community-owned facilities.

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) National Solar Centre (NSC) has completed an extensive survey and report of the UK solar power industry in 2013.

PassivSystems announced it has won a contract to provide its monitoring systems for Macquarie’s free PV roll-out.