Solar Markets & Finance

Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has finished the year by adding almost 15MW to its portfolio with the acquisition of three new solar parks for a total of £16.5 million.

A minor change to wording incorporated within the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s RO consultation response could mean as much as 1GW of ground-mount solar could fail to qualify for the 1.3 ROC grace period, which closes on 31 March 2016.

Global Heat Source has rebranded itself as Global Group to facilitate the incorporation of two new business streams that could supplement the likely loss of business resulting from the government’s reductions to the solar feed-in tariff.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has opened the door to a potential review of feed-in tariff rates revealed last week should HMRC follow through with plans to increase VAT in August 2016.

Renewable electricity generation soared in Q3 2015 but continued to have little impact on domestic electricity bills.

Primrose Solar has added another solar development to its portfolio after acquiring the Fanny House Solar Farm from Novus Solar Developments.

More than 65MW of domestic rooftop solar was deployed in November alone as the rush to install systems prior to the government’s feed-in tariff reset intensified, official statistics have shown.

As 2015 draws to a close, Solar Power Portal runs through some of the biggest and most interesting stories of the year. In part two, we look at the consequences of the European Union’s ruling over the UK’s VAT regime on energy saving materials and SunEdison’s decision to withdraw almost completely from the UK market in light of proposed FiT cuts.

Hundreds of former employees of Mark Group are set to take legal action against their former employer, as well as target business secretary Sajid Javid.

As 2015 draws to a close, Solar Power Portal runs through some of the biggest and most interesting stories of the year. In part one, we cover the government’s 69MW project at DTTC Lyneham and HM Treasury’s decision to make community energy projects exempt from tax relief schemes.