Large-Scale Solar

Alan Bartlett and Sons’ 1,456-acre carrot and parsnip farm is now benefiting two-fold from the power of the sun after installing a 1.2MW solar PV array to harvest electricity.

Somerset-based British Solar Renewables has announced that it has secured planning permission for a 20MW solar park in Dorset.

Bentley Motor’s factory in Crewe is now home to the UK’s largest rooftop solar PV array following the completion of a 5MW installation by Lightsource Renewable Energy.

The former RAF North Creake Airfield in Norfolk will soon be home to 80,000 solar panels after British Solar Renewables successfully secured planning permission for a 20MW solar farm.

Germany-based solar developer ib vogt is working with Chinese solar manufacturer Hanwha SolarOne to complete two new large-scale solar projects in the UK.

The smaller-scale solar PV market in the UK is continuing to recover and grow slowly following the introduction of a new feed-in tariff (FiT) degression model.

The first of a series of new-build nuclear sites in the UK has received planning permission.

Plans have been submitted for a 7.2MW solar park on the outskirts of Leeds by local green energy company, Oakapple Renewable Energy.

Kingspan Group, a UK-based provider of sustainable products for the construction industry, has developed an innovative insulated BIPV module for industrial and commercial rooftops which is expected to “revolutionise” the BIPV market.

Conergy and long-term partner Solaer have announced the imminent completion of four solar farms in the UK.