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One of the roadmap actions will see an investigation into the safety of ‘plug-in panels’ to make it easier and cheaper to deploy domestic solar. Image: Lauren Hurley / DESNZ via Flickr.

UK Solar Roadmap charts course to nine million homes powered by solar

June 30, 2025
The UK government has today published its Solar Roadmap, a government-industry paper setting out practical measures to meet solar capacity targets.
E.ON UK took a 49% stake in the company in December 2020, at which time it was stated Eco2Solar would continue to operate independently. Image: E.ON.

E.ON takes full ownership of Eco2Solar

April 3, 2025
Utility E.ON UK has today announced it will fully acquire Eco2Solar, a residential and commercial solar installer.
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Four in ten new homes built with solar, says Solar Energy UK

March 11, 2025
New data from industry body Solar Energy UK has revealed that over 40% of new homes built in England last year were fitted with solar panels.
Smithy Mushrooms director John Dorian called ADE’s model “an absolute game changer”. Image: AMPYR Distributed Energy.

AMPYR Distributed Energy completes 224kW rooftop array

March 4, 2025
AMPYR Distributed Energy (ADE) has completed installation of a 224kW rooftop solar array at exotic mushrooms producer Smithy Mushrooms’ Lancashire HQ.
a commercial site viewed from above

Siemens Mobility energises 1MW, 1,700 panel rooftop solar installation

February 27, 2025
International technology firm Siemens Mobility has energised a new solar array on the rooftop of its Goole Rail Village.
close up of solar panels on a business roof

Cambridgeshire Nissan dealership installs 76kW solar array

February 21, 2025
Cambridgeshire-based Nissan dealership JS Holmes has completed a new solar energy installation thanks to local firm 4 Way Group.
solar panels on a rooftop

MCS reports record January for home renewables, surge in battery storage

February 20, 2025
The Microgeneration Certification Scheme has stated that January 2025 was a record month, owing partly to an uptick in battery installations.
The bill, which is also referred to as the Sunshine Bill, would generally require that an area the equivalent at least 40% of a new home’s ground floor area would be covered by a solar system. Image: Geograph via Wikimedia Commons.

Mandated rooftop solar could come without a new future homes standard

January 20, 2025
Tomorrow (17 January), the government will debate a new bill that would require all new homes to have solar PV generation installed.
Outdoor demonstrations of Power Roll's thin film technology. Image: Power Roll.

Revolutionising solar: flexible thin film flexible cells will put solar PV everywhere

December 11, 2024
Solar Power Portal sat down with Power Roll CEO Neil Spann to explore how thin film solar could deliver the “rooftop revolution” the government has promised.
FGEN acquired the portfolio in 2015—as the firm’s only solar rooftop investment, it is considered non-core to the wider FGEN portfolio. Image: Pixabay.

AtmosClear Investments acquires 6.4MW operational rooftop solar portfolio

December 10, 2024
Private equity firm AtmosClear Investments has acquired a fully operational 6.4MW rooftop solar portfolio.

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