Finlay Colville, head of market intelligence at Solar Media, analyses what recent policy announcements mean for the future of the UK’s ground-mount market and asks just how could be install in the year commencing 1 April 2016
Primrose Solar has begun generating power at the new Merston Solar Farm, which is expected to become one of the first ‘5 and 5’ schemes in the UK under the government’s shard-ownership framework.
The London Assembly has accused Amber Rudd of snubbing London’s solar industry after the energy secretary said she was too busy to meet with them to discuss changes to the feed-in tariff.
Oldham Council has commenced efforts to become one of the greenest local authorities in the country with the installation of a solar array on the roof of Tommyfield Market Hall.
UK solar developers WElink Energy and British Solar Renewables (BSR) have signed a £1.1 billion deal with China National Building Materials Group (CNBM) to develop solar energy projects and zero-carbon homes in the UK.
Firms seeking to make last-minute online applications to the current feed-in tariff have been given even less time to act due to online registration portals closing early today.
Investment in UK solar capacity fell by 30% year-on-year in 2015 despite the global upward trend, a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has found.
