A surge in planning applications for solar farms in North Lincolnshire has prompted the council to issue a supplementary planning document (SPD), outlining the adoption of new requirements.
Finlay Colville, head of market intelligence at Solar Intelligence, discusses the threat to ground-mount solar targeting RO grace period following last month’s consultation response.
British Solar Renewables (BSR) has been hit with a £250,000 fine after a worker was left with severe injuries suffered from electrocution at one of the company’s solar farm sites.
Energy industry regulator Ofgem has yet to finalise plans on how it will implement the new feed-in tariff regime a month before it is due to come into place.
Insurance firm Watchstone Group is to spin off its property maintenance and renewables businesses citing market uncertainty created by government cuts.
A new solar array has begun to provide energy to Bodnant Garden, which has become the latest National Trust site to benefit from the charity’s efforts to reduce overall energy use by 2020.
Opposition MPs have accused the government of double standards in its energy policy, particularly in relation to differing levels of support offered to solar and nuclear power.
