Solar Markets & Finance

Energy watchdog Ofgem has said it will refer the UK’s energy market to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

The UK may be adding three more PV plants to its growing utility solar power sector, as a 16.2MW project was approved near Llanelli, Wales while two plants with the generating capacity to power over 3,200 homes have been proposed for the towns of Duckmanton and Hillingdon.

John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited (JLEN), a newly created investment company monitored by John Laing Capital Management Limited, has successfully fundraised £160 million to invest in a portfolio of solar, wind and waste processing projects in the UK.

Jerry Hamilton looks at the evolving role of the solar PV installer; moving from selling solar-generated electricity to becoming smart contractors

A Yorkshire-based PV installer is thought to have become the first solar company in the UK to run a TV advertising campaign.

Swiss PV manufacturer Sputnik Engineering (SolarMax) is the latest in a long line of solar power firms to beef up operations in the UK, as the company announced that it has made multiple additions to its UK sales operation.

Alternative energy firm Winch Energy’s Power Your Future programme has secured funds for a further 3MW of PV installations under its schools solar initiative, ‘Power Your Schools’.

Enphase has said that the UK solar market offers a level of stability that is not being matched by other global solar markets.

The Renewable Energy Association has said the launch of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) could make 2014 a breakthrough year for renewable heating.

Rochdale Borough Council could develop the UK’s first publically owned solar farm in an attempt to become Britain’s greenest local authority.