Commercial & Residential Solar

The first phase of a potential 50MW solar farm on the former RAF Coltishall airfield in Norfolk has been connected to the grid.

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.

Vogt solar commissioned eight solar farms with a total capacity of 132.4MWp in the first three months of 2015.

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.

EPC firm Greencells and inverter manufacturer Huawei completed 62.5MW of capacity additions in the UK during the first quarter of 2015.

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.

Councils in Norfolk are to launch a collective purchase scheme for solar PV alongside online utility switching service iChoosr.

Germany-based solar developer Athos Solar completed a trio of solar farms in the UK ahead of this month’s ROC deadline before selling them onto NextEnergy Solar Fund.

An additional 100 million more solar panels would have to be installed over the next 15 years if Labour is to meet its election promise of carbon-free energy generation by 2030, renewable energy firm EvoEnergy has claimed.

Portugal-based PV producer and developer has revealed that it successfully connected five solar farms ahead of the 31 March renewable obligation deadline.