The rush to have solar projects connected to the grid prior to ROC deadlines has the potential to cause future problems with distribution networks, Dragon Infrastructure Solutions chief executive Simon Phipps has said.
Solar PV power generation in the UK soared by 93% year-on-year in 2014 and reached 3.9TWh, according to new figures released by the Department for Energy and Climate Change today.
Solar project developer Anesco has brought online a 6.9MW solar farm in Pen Y Cae in South Wales, and claimed it to be Europe’s “largest optimised solar farm” in operation.
An appeal against a decision to refuse planning permission for a 15MW ground-mounted solar farm in Sudbury, Sussex has been thrown out by the Planning Inspectorate.
The Department for Energy and Climate Change has confirmed that the UK’s next Contracts for Difference allocation round will start on 21 October this year and finish next March.
The UK commercial rooftop industry received another boost this morning after Eric Pickles increased the permitted development threshold for rooftop solar panels installed on commercial property to 1MW.
A new report from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, titled “Delivering UK Energy Investment: Low Carbon Energy,” sheds some interesting light on the amount of assets allocated to solar power in the UK.
