A decision by Ireland’s energy regulator is set to free up grid capacity for solar projects as well as open the door for accelerated deployment of storage assets alongside new solar developments.
Swindon Borough Council (SBC) is preparing to launch a second solar bond following the success of its first local authority led investment offer earlier this year, which closed a month early after raising almost £2 million.
Havering London Borough Council has submitted plans to build its own solar farms in the latest example of wider adoption of solar developments by local authorities and the first to take up the technology on a large scale in London.
A new software update from Berlin-based Valentin Software will allow solar developers to take electric vehicles (EVs) into consideration when calculating energy consumption to reflect the growing buzz around EVs.
Cobalt Energy has joined forces with German solar firm Suncycle to launch a joint venture bolstering its operations and maintenance service to UK customers.
The first grid scale installation of the Tesla Powerpack system in Europe has been completed in the UK by Camborne Energy Storage and is already providing ancillary services to the National Grid.
SunEdison yieldco TerraForm Power has confirmed that discussions regarding the potential sale or merger of its business are underway, with an operational portfolio of 376MW of UK solar up for grabs.
British Solar Renewables has continued its sell-off of major assets, selling the 50MW Owls Hatch solar farm to Canadian pension fund-backed Cubico Sustainable Investments.
Green utility Good Energy has warned that it expects future feed-in tariff customer growth to drop off, as it races to finish two1.2 ROC-eligible 5MW solar farms.
