Solar capacity in the UK could reach 18GW by 2020, and could soar to even higher levels if policy support for other technologies is diverted to solar in the wake of policy changes according to the latest Future Energy Scenarios report issued by the National Grid.
Nordic energy giant Vattenfall is aiming to install a 5MW solar array at the site of its Parc Cynog wind farm in Camarthenshire, 14 years after the location was first redeveloped.
Bluefield European Solar Fund (BESF), a new solar investment vehicle to be advised by Bluefield Partners, has announced its intention to list on the London Stock Exchange and raise €200 million (£142 million) for PV acquisitions.
Amber Rudd, the secretary of state for energy and climate change, has warned that the government is “looking carefully” at solar subsidies as a result of budgetary overspend.
Criticism of the government’s recent decisions over green initiatives has showed no sign of abating after it was rounded upon for deciding not to proceed with the zero carbon Allowable Solutions scheme.
A trio of prisons in Scotland are to receive rooftop solar installations this week after installer Campbell & Kennedy won a tender process started at the end of March.
Senseye co-founder Alexander Hill talks to Solar Power Portal about the UK’s “stagnant” O&M market, and how better solutions could help asset managers squeeze every last drop out of solar farms.
The government has announced that it will not be proceeding with the zero carbon Allowable Solutions scheme, a move which has been described as the “death knell” for Zero Carbon Homes.
Various solar developers and asset management firms have said that the UK government’s decision to scrap their exemption from the Climate Change Levy will have lasting effects on net asset value and revenues.
