PV

Despite its much-vaunted benefits and undoubted potential, the commercial rooftop solar industry has yet to take off as many would have hoped. Few notable projects have gotten off the ground and the struggles of tempting companies to fit solar arrays to the roofs of their facilities have been well documented.

For me, Ecobuild was a flying visit. I had just four hours on the first day to get around and see what I could before hopping back on the train to Sheffield. While the whole of Ecobuild is fascinating for me, the project for which I work is based around solar PV, so that’s the quarter where I spent most of my time.

The government will soon be responding to the Shared Ownership Taskforce report, published last November. It may even be published by the end of this week. It will be interesting to see which interpretation of the report it responds to, as there seem to be two.

The government will soon be responding to the Shared Ownership Taskforce report, published last November. It may even be published by the end of this week. It will be interesting to see which interpretation of the report it responds to, as there seem to be two.

The government will soon be responding to the Shared Ownership Taskforce report, published last November. It may even be published by the end of this week. It will be interesting to see which interpretation of the report it responds to, as there seem to be two.

The government will soon be responding to the Shared Ownership Taskforce report, published last November. It may even be published by the end of this week. It will be interesting to see which interpretation of the report it responds to, as there seem to be two.

The government will soon be responding to the Shared Ownership Taskforce report, published last November. It may even be published by the end of this week. It will be interesting to see which interpretation of the report it responds to, as there seem to be two.

Dorset-based installer Empower Energy has completed a 250kW rooftop system at the headquarters of a London food distribution firm.

Grid access is increasingly cited as a challenging factor for UK solar but there are things you can do to boost your prospects. Jonny Williams and James Hoare of the BRE look at the six most common problems and how to overcome them.

The government is introducing a new requirement for renewable developers to offer local communities shared ownership of projects. Leonie Greene looks at how this will translate to the UK solar market.