Solar Markets & Finance

Lightsource Renewable Energy has completed its 80th solar farm project in the UK, a 30MW site located in Cornwall.

Solar developers are being forced to put workers at risk in order to connect projects before the Renewable Obligation Certificate decreases next month, a leading developer has warned.

London-based PV company, Solarcentury has announced that it has passed the 100MW milestone for consented solar farms in the UK.

A decision to strip a 5MW solar farm in Silverstone, Northamptonshire of planning consent post-construction has been quashed.

A survey has revealed that consumers are not taking their good energy habits at home into the office with them.

The European, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE), guidelines for manufacturers of electrical products and electrical equipment for when the products become waste, must now be applied as national law.

The switch to the contracts for difference (CfD) regime for large-scale solar in the UK could deter some investors, a City lawyer has warned.

The latest draft guidelines on state aid by the European Commission have drawn criticism from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), claiming they could “constrain member states’ capabilities to reach their 2020 binding renewable targets”.

A PV system rack-mounted above a pitched roof will produce only 3% more energy yield per year than a system utilising in-roof mounted modules, according to a new study by Viridian Solar.

UK developer AGRenewables (AGR) has teamed up with South Korea’s Hanwha Q Cells on a 23.4MW PV project in Stowbridge, Cambridgeshire.