Over 495,000 homes across the UK are now solar powered, according to the latest statistics published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
British Solar Renewables has been granted planning permission by Wiltshire Council to build a 5.85MW solar farm on land adjacent to a sewage treatment works and Westbury Business Park.
The weekly number of sub 50kW solar photovoltaic installations has broken through the 10MW barrier for only the fourth time this year and for the first time ever with no imminent feed-in tariff cut.
Bristol Power Co-op has announced that it has received a £100,000 community loan from Pure Leapfrog to help continue its work to install free solar arrays for Bristol residents
Swindon Council’s planning committee has announced the authorisation of planning consent for a 40MW solar farm due to be installed at the Science Museum’s big object store in Wroughton, Wiltshire.
Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering has revealed that five solar farms set to be built in the London area will use its SolarMax range of inverters.
The UK’s largest baker, Greggs, has praised the role that solar will play in helping the company meet its ambition of reducing its carbon footprint by 35% by 2015.
