Record temperatures on Wednesday saw UK solar capacity generate enough electricity to power two million households for a day, according to estimates made by energy supplier Good Energy.
The Conservative party is “strongly committed” to solar and is excited about its potential for the future, minister of state for energy Matthew Hancock has said.
Canada-based Schneider Electric more than doubled its solar PV capacity in the UK throughout the first three months of 2015 after connecting over 300MW of additional capacity to the grid.
North East Lincolnshire Council is eyeing plans to install rooftop solar projects on a number of public buildings in an attempt to improve energy efficiency and drastically cut energy bills.
Solar PV developer, Inazin Power has revealed that it connected 76MW of solar farm capacity to the grid ahead of the 31 March renewable obligation (RO) deadline.
