Commercial & Residential Solar

Lightsource Renewable Energy faces an uphill battle to win permission to build a 15MW solar farm in Essex in the face of local opposition.

Renewable energy installer SolarTech Ltd has announced that it has secured over 25MW of solar farm contracts in the first four months of 2013.

Birmingham electrical services contractor JT Hawkes narrowly beat the drop in Renewable Obligation support to energise three solar farms in Dorset and the Isle of Wight.

Enact Energy Renewables has gone into administration only a few months after being awarded Green Deal provider status.

Prosolia Energía has announced two large-scale projects in the UK totalling 10.5MW of new capacity.

Following on from last week’s blog which looked at how to implement the new MCS shade assessment guide, Martin explains why MCS chose the new shade procedure.

Since the launch of the new Solar PV Guide, questions about the shade assessment procedure are easily the most common. The good news is that MCS will shortly be publishing some guidance on their website to help installers better understand what is required and how to perform the evaluation.

Slovenia-based PV module manufacturer and project developer, Bisol has completed factory automation upgrades to improve productivity throughput as it continues to run operations at full-capacity.

TGC Renewables has secured planning permission for a 3.86MW solar park in Somerset.

Lightsource Renewable Energy has announced the acquisition of a 6.3MW solar park in Southampton, developed and built by Solarcentury.