Large-Scale Solar

UK retail giant John Lewis has completed the installation of a 96.5kWp solar array at its new £15 million store in York.

The UK has a predicted pipeline of 1.2GW in non-residential PV, but EPC companies often face running out of cash before projects are sold on.

The UK will need to develop an effective energy storage incentive if it is going to rise to the challenge of decarbonising its electricity supply, according to the managing director of one of Britain’s emerging energy storage firms.

Early-stage plans to develop a 30MW solar farm on the site of an old airbase in the north east of Scotland have been revealed.

Indian PV module manufacturer Vikram Solar has been given tier one status.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund has announced that is has entered into a conditional contract to acquire its ninth large-scale solar farm, a 19MW project located to the north of Swindon.

ReneSola has confirmed that it will be supplying UK investor Low Carbon with 13MW of modules for a solar project in Wiltshire.

Lightsource Renewable Energy has completed its 80th solar farm project in the UK, a 30MW site located in Cornwall.

London-based PV company, Solarcentury has announced that it has passed the 100MW milestone for consented solar farms in the UK.

The European, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE), guidelines for manufacturers of electrical products and electrical equipment for when the products become waste, must now be applied as national law.