Solar Markets & Finance

The Sheffield Solar research group has launched a new tool capable of forecasting output from PV systems up to 72 hours in advance.

Foresight Solar Fund has said it is to take a “prudent approach” to acquiring more solar farms in the UK, as the firm continues to tap EPCs for liquidated damages.

BayWa r.e. has clinched a deal to take over the O&M services for six solar farms owned by clean utility Good Energy.

In just eight weeks’ time the UK’s solar and storage sectors will gather at the Hilton Metropole Birmingham to celebrate another 12 months of success. Liam Stoker takes a look at what you can expect.

Following a difficult two years at the hands of policy upheaval, confidence is returning to a community energy sector which has its eyes set very firmly on the future. Amanda Lennon examines just where that future might take community solar as the sector celebrates Community Energy Fortnight.

Mongoose Energy has claimed to have completed the UK’s “largest ever” community energy deal by financing a 15MW solar-plus-storage project.

Robert Llewellyn returns to host this year’s Solar Power Portal Awards four years after first doing so, and he’s delighted to be back compering an evening celebrating the successes of an industry he relishes. Solar Power Portal caught up with our illustrious host to talk about his obsession for all things green.

Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville delves back into the UK’s vast network of planning portals to uncover the incredible scope of subsidy-free solar farms entering the planning phase, and discusses their build potential as UK solar enters its next phase.

Irish solar will reach grid parity in less than a decade, according to predictions by the country’s transmission system operator, despite having no large scale ground mount solar currently installed.

A number of business units within UK renewables developer Lark Energy have been shuttered and a number of jobs lost following what it has described as a “re-organisation”.