Solar Markets & Finance

Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) is preparing a big play in the UK’s secondary solar market and will chase an exclusive pipeline of projects with a capacity of 258MW.

Community renewable programmes were dealt yet another blow this week after their tax relief was removed as part of an emerging Finance Bill.

The National Association of Professional Inspectors and Testers (NAPIT) has warned that up to 70% of solar PV companies are under threat from feed-in tariff proposals currently under discussion.

Slough headquartered solar energy firm PROINSO has been announced as the engineering, procurement and management provider for a 100MW solar farm in the Philippines.

Major UK developer British Solar Renewables (BSR) and tier one module supplier Vikram Solar have announced a supply agreement the two parties signed at this year’s Solar Energy UK exhibition.

UK-based pureplay developer Hive Energy has opened a new regional headquarters in Turkey, continuing its international expansion.

China and the UK have built on their nuclear deal with wide-ranging renewable energy collaboration but solar is left in the shadows.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has criticised the government’s “sharp cliff edge” feed-in tariff proposals in his response to the government’s consultation.

The number of feed-in tariff accredited solar installations topped 750,000 for the first time last month, Department of Energy and Climate Change figures have revealed.

With Solar Energy UK (SEUK) having taken place this month, Jerry Hamilton, business development director of Renewables & Energy Solutions at Rexel UK explains how to harness the power of networking and fuel business growth.