Storage has long been billed as the Holy Grail for solar but is the industry is in danger of talking itself into a problem that doesn’t exist? Peter Bennett explores whether solar needs storage to become a mainstream player in the UK.
During the second week of August the UK solar market’s cumulative capacity hit 5GW. In an exclusive blog for Solar Power Portal, Finlay Colville explains how, where and why this milestone was reached.
The solar industry is no stranger to fast-tracked consultations and declining subsidy support. However, Seb Berry argues that the latest proposals leave solar unfairly handicapped.
With the size and date of the next cut to the UK’s feed-in tariff (FiT) now confirmed by Ofgem – a minimum of 3.5% on 31 December 2014 – solar installers may be expecting a repeat of the ‘feast and famine’ effect felt by many following previous reductions.
The BRE Wind Digest DG 489 document for wind loading on solar panels has received a huge update. Stuart Elmes gives you your essential guide to all the latest changes.
In the second part of this exclusive two part blog for Solar Power Portal, NPD Solarbuzz team leader Finlay Colville discusses the key factors influencing the different scenarios for UK solar PV deployment over the next five years.
In a monumental re-shuffle to seemingly oust the “stale, pale and male” shackles of Cameron’s cabinet, the solar industry has some new parliamentary voices, but will the newbies lift the scandal of the notorious “green crap”?
With well under 100 working days left for solar to get to grips with the contracts for difference regime, Gaynor Hartnell draws comfort from the industry’s early efforts to rally round and make the most of the situation.
The possible shift away from the renewable obligation (RO) scheme for large projects from April 2015 has had an abrupt effect on the UK project pipeline. NPD Solarbuzz’s Finlay Colville explores how the outlook to 2017 has changed since DECC’s announcement.
