Large-Scale Solar

A solar development firm is working up plans for a new 72-acre solar park in rural Cumbria.

A report by the UK Green Building Council has called for incentives including reduced council tax bills or stamp duty to encourage up to 1.5 million home energy retrofits each year and boost the government’s Green Deal programme.

Ground-mounted solar farms are to become a safe haven for the declining British bumblebee under a new initiative from PV project developer Solarcentury.

The UK solar industry installed 31MW worth of new solar capacity ahead of a reduction in feed-in tariff (FiT) support for solar on 1 July.

The level of renewable capacity installed in the South West has grown by almost 50% in the last 12 months, according to a new report published by Regen SW.

In response to reduced feed-in-tariff (FiT) rates, Aldershot distributor, Segen, is lowering its PV product prices by 3.5%.

The government has opened the door for shale gas companies to begin exploratory drilling across the UK in order to determine the fuel’s potential in the UK.

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has warned government that it risks missing the third and fourth carbon budgets unless there is a “significant increase in the pace of emissions reduction.”

East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust has installed solar arrays at five of its control centres in an attempt to reduce costs.

An old World War II airfield in Andover has undergone a dramatic facelift after a 4.3MW solar farm was installed on the site.