Renewable energy provider Two Blues Solar has completed installation and powering of a 165kWp system at one of a livestock feed provider’s sites in Stoke on Trent.
Growing community opposition to solar developments and the high cost of capital will be pressing challenges for the European solar industry in the next year.
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has confirmed that its Q2 net asset value (NAV) has decreased by £0.3 million due to a drop in forecast wholesale power prices.
Trade body Solar Energy UK has welcomed the report by Electricity Grid Commissioner Nick Winser recommending ways to accelerate grid infrastructure build time.
The economics of developing solar have “decisively switched” according to a panel of experts this week, but development still faces a number of barriers with the most significant being the grid.