Large-Scale Solar

PV developer Dragon Energy Solutions has successfully added a 250kWp PV system on the training facility at the Parc y Scarlets rugby stadium located in Llanelli, South Wales.

A judge has ordered a judicial review of a 28MW planned solar farm in Dorset following protest from a local resident.

More than 50 companies have signed an open letter to communities and local government secretary, Eric Pickles, to keep a key planning rule that requires on-site renewable energy generation in new UK buildings.

Swindon Borough Council has voted through measures that will allow solar farms to be developed on pre-approved sites under Local Development Orders.

Solarcentury has completed a 10MW solar farm in Somerset that is expected to generate enough electricity to power 3,000 households every year.

North Devon District Council has granted planning permission to an 8.2MW solar farm project that lies two kilometres from Exmoor National Park.

It will only be possible to unlock the potential of energy storage in the UK if the regulation of energy markets is reconfigured to reward its value, a top academic at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has said.

Renewable energy service company ESCO NRG Ltd. has sold two UK PV projects totalling 23.5MW to Spanish energy supplier Gamma Solutions and North American PV developer SunEdison.

E.ON has installed a 250kWp array on its flagship £3 million Energy Centre building in Cranbrook, Devon.

The company showcased a selection of its products at the Ecobuild show in London this week, while regional sales manager David Lowen revealed the company is currently in discussions over a large-scale solar-plus-storage pilot project in the UK.