Operations and maintenance providers in the UK market will be under increasing pressure to increase the size of their portfolios in the near future as competition increases and larger players look to consolidate their positions.
Cobalt Energy has joined forces with German solar firm Suncycle to launch a joint venture bolstering its operations and maintenance service to UK customers.
John Whiten, chief operations officer at cutting-edge drone developers Cleandrone, discusses what solar-focused drones could be capable of in the future and what regulatory obstacles will have to be surpassed for them to do so.
innogy SE, the renewable energy subsidiary of German utility RWE acquiring Belectric, has said customers should not expect to see any disruption or change in the service they receive from the company once the deal is completed.
French renewables firm Voltalia has completed its acquisition of Martifer Solar in a move which the two companies said had resulted in the “birth of a global renewables champion”.
Will Hitchcock, managing director at Push Energy aerial O&M JV Above Surveying, looks into how drones have become a staple in the monitoring of solar parks in the UK.
British Solar Renewables (BSR) is aiming to significantly ramp up its UK operations and maintenance business as it repositions itself to include a “significant service business”.
Solar asset management provider GreenPowerMonitor has been bought by international certification and advisory firm DNV GL in a deal that will give the Spanish firm access to a new global network of renewable energy projects.