Editor’s Blog

The first part of the two-blog feature on EPCs in the UK solar industry revealed the top 10 EPCs with Solarcentury and Grupotec joint leaders. Part two now discusses the share contributions of the top 10, the importance of lower tier EPC companies, and what the future has in store.

If there was one clear takeaway from the consultation and impact assessment releases by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today, it would be – the government does not want any more solar farms as of today.

In the first of a two part blog on EPCs in the UK solar industry, the top 10 EPCs are revealed. Part two discusses the share contributions of the Top-10 and the importance of lower tier EPC companies.

Normally, when an industry shifts from cottage to mainstream, the companies that held lead positions in the early days are rarely the ones on top several years down the line. You can look at almost any industry or sector for clear examples of this, going back as far as you want.

We ran a piece yesterday on Solar Power Portal, Revealed – the leading project developers of UK solar farms, showing the relative rankings of the top 120 project developers in the UK, out of a total of just over 180 the details of which can be found in the newly released go-to client database from Solar Media.

Twenty years’ ago, Professor Sue Roaf had an ambition to power her home from the energy generated by the sun.

The Solar Intelligence team at Solar Media has been hard at work recently, uncovering the true status of UK solar farm project developers. The results of this new study are fascinating, and have allowed our in-house research team to compile the definitive go-to client database for anyone engaged in ground-mounted solar sales and marketing activities within the UK.

Finlay Colville crunches Solar Intelligence’s numbers to determine how many grace-compliant projects are in the mix for fiscal year ending 31 March 2016. And how many would appear to have already been snapped up by asset-hungry investment portfolios.

The UK’s solar industry remains caught in March madness, with capacity installed during this single month typically accounting for more than one-third of all new solar capacity added throughout the year.

As part of Solar Media’s deep-dive research analysis into the full-audit trail of the 630 completed solar farms in the UK with capacity rating >250kW, the Solar Intelligence team is shortly to release the first of our Top-10 tables, starting with EPCs.