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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.
NATS has already installed rooftop solar PV at its Swanwick centre, pictured above. Image: NATS.

Scottish council approves solar for National Air Traffic Services site

November 22, 2024
South Ayrshire Council has approved the installation of ground mount solar PV at the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) site in Prestwick, Scotland.
Image: Low Carbon.

A sunny outlook: the future of solar energy in the UK  

November 20, 2024
Tom Armstrong, managing director of Project Solar looks at the UK’s solar outlook under a more supportive government.
GRYD’s PPA with Good Energy allows it to sell excess solar energy from its network to the supplier. Image: GRYD Energy.

Good Energy and GRYD Energy partner to pilot zero-cost solar

November 19, 2024
Good Energy will purchase excess power generated by three homes in Cornwall fitted with zero-cost solar systems under a partnership with GRYD Energy.
The CBS hopes the partnership with Triodos Bank unlocks further potential for investment from larger funders. Image: Solar for School.

Solar for Schools receives £3 million Triodos Bank loan

September 20, 2024
Ethical investor Triodos Bank UK has provided a £3 million loan to the Solar for Schools Community Benefit Society (CBS).
Anna Perry, CEO of Great Western Air Ambulance Charity, stressed the importance of being a sustainable organisation. Image: BEC.

Bristol community energy installs solar on Great Western Air Ambulance Charity airbase

August 1, 2024
Bristol Energy Cooperative (BEC) has partnered with Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) to build a 240kWp rooftop array on the airbase.
Solar has been the favourite technology to be installed. Image: MCS.

MCS: Cornwall leads the UK in small-scale renewable installations

June 6, 2024
MCS has found that Cornwall leads all other local authorities in small-scale renewable energy installations, with solar the favourite.
The two solar farms are located in Dorset and Wiltshire. Image: Centrica.

Centrica adds 32MW of solar to South-West portfolio

March 26, 2024
Energy services firm Centrica has added two solar projects totalling 32MW in the South-West of England to its portfolio.

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