Solar Markets & Finance

Rooftop solar installations on new build housing will be driven mostly by Scotland and London for the foreseeable future, with opportunities for PV limited to certain geographies.

Stuart Elmes, whose company Viridian Solar secured an exclusive supply deal with housebuilder Persimmon Homes earlier this month, discusses the opportunity for solar PV in the new-build housing market.

British Solar Renewables has been selected to manage the “pioneering” community-owned Westmill Solar Park.

The Association of British Ports has set course to become one of the largest corporate solar power producers in the UK by adding a further 20MW of PV to its facilities.

Foresight has launched its latest infrastructure investment fund, targeting the “thriving” energy sector which remains to be seen as a safe bet for the investment community.

The Green Investment Group has launched a pay-as-you-save service aimed at stimulating take up of renewables within public and private organisations.

Battery storage technology costs will have to fall by a further 30% before projects are feasible without lucrative frequency response revenue, a leading investor has said.

The Solar Trade Association has announced that Chris Hewett will take the reins as the trade body’s new chief executive.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has yet to reach a decision on what to do with unused capacity within the feed-in tariff deployment bands.

Yesterday afternoon chancellor Philip Hammond took to the despatch box to deliver the Autumn Budget. Amidst headline promises of stamp duty relief and fresh funding for driverless, electric vehicles, there were no major pledges relating to the energy market.