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Greenbuy Energy has taken advantage of a change in law last April that rules that commercial property owners, including farmers, can now have solar panels installed on their land without the need for planning permission.

It’s easy to get swept up in the hysteria surrounding the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s handling of solar PV feed-in tariff rates. What seemed like a drastic cut was rushed through undoubtedly too quick and, as a result, industry was left reeling. However, we must remember that industry also managed to mobilise in spectacular fashion to install an incredible 380MW in the six-weeks running up to December 12.

God bless Conservative MP Tim Yeo for speaking truth to power, in a month when leaders of the UK renewables industry showed signs of weakening in that resolve.

A Glasgow-based coffee company is running on more than caffeine after Absolute Solar and Wind installed a 10kW solar system.

The Met Office has awarded the contract to design and install a 250kWp solar PV array at its Exeter-based HQ to local installer, Sun Gift solar.

The Abrahams family have been harnessing the power of the sun for three generations to help them grow grain, rape and bean in the countryside of Saffron Walden.

A Cornish church has installed a 7.68kWp system on its roof to help reduce the church’s escalating electricity bills.

A traditional Kentish cheesemaker has turned to Dartford-based renewable company, Enevis, to help reduce its impact on the environment by installing a variety of renewable technologies on-site.

The general malaise engulfing the solar industry at the moment is challenging. It is tempting to blame the current stagnation on Governmental policies. After all, solar has been forced to swallow swingeing feed-in tariff cuts paired with prohibitive new EPC requirements that have constricted the market.

Located in the heart of its own 500-acre farm and woodland in Shropshire, the Manor of Soulton boasts an impressive history.