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Commercial solar PV firm BeBa Energy is celebrating the finished installation of a new rooftop solar array for KLM UK Engineering and Norwich Airport.

The UK solar industry continued its sustained growth in a zero-subsidy environment, posting 175MWp-dc of new capacity in the 3 months to 31 March 2021 (Q1’21).

Solar Power Portal caught up with Shaun Beattie, director at BeBa Energy, to delve into the company’s early beginnings as a joint venture, using Google Earth to source new leads and the “buoyant” commercial solar market.

Custom Solar has been chosen to deliver Portsmouth City Council’s “ground-breaking” solar and battery installation at Portsmouth International Port.

Renewable energy investor Thrive Renewables has developed a new financing framework for commercial solar arrays with Olympus Power.

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) has published its Prospectus after outlining plans to raise £200 million earlier this month.

Associated British Ports (ABP) has unveiled a new solar PV installation at the Port of Hull that has doubled ABP Humber Ports’ renewable energy generation.

A coalition of business associations have come together to demand solar exception from ‘punitive business rates’.

The majority of businesses are keen to Build Back Better in the UK, with many looking to solar as a sustainable solution to help get there.

As many as 91% of solar arrays are underperforming in the UK, according to a recent survey by independent power and energy consultant Roadnight Taylor.