Carmarthenshire County Council has unveiled plans to install solar panels on the roofs of some 2,700 council homes and other council buildings as part of a wide-ranging effort to reduce energy bills.
Turkey farming and food production firm Bernard Matthews has bolstered its solar PV portfolio with the addition of 2.5MW of capacity across 11 of its farms in East Anglia.
The UK’s overall solar PV capacity at the end of March stood at just over 5.7GW, according to figures released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change on Thursday.
Modules from Taiwanese supplier Winaico have been selected for a plan to install solar panels on the roofs of 750 housing association properties in Berwickshire, Scotland.
Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) has tasked property services firm Styles&Wood with the development of a 2.2MW ground-mounted solar array to power its resource recovery facility.
The majority of domestic renewable heat incentive (d-RHI) funds are being used to subsidise the installation of biomass boilers in larger-than-average properties across the UK.
