Large-Scale Solar

China-based solar photovoltaic cell and modules manufacturer, Solarfun Power Holdings, is the latest global industry leader to receive Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) accreditation. The certification, which is necessary in order to gain eligibility for UK feed-in tariff (FiT) payments, has been awarded for the company’s SF160 monocrystalline and SF190 and SF220 polycrystalline modules.

UK agricultural and environmental consultancy, ADAS, has joined forces with international solar photovoltaic company, Enfinity, to begin work scoping sites and installing what could be, once completed, the UK’s largest solar energy parks.

The countrywide roll out of energy smart meters will now be managed by the Government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), as opposed to the original plan for industry regulator Ofgem to oversee the transition.

Green energy firms Romag and Cleaner Air Solutions UK are collaborating on a project to create the largest solar panel installation in the North-East. Under the terms of the agreement, Romag, the photovoltaic glass specialist, will install solar photovoltaics on Cleaner Air Solutions’ factory in Consett, County Durham. The work, scheduled for completion before Christmas, will bring more than half a megawatt of solar power…

A recent survey conducted by Farming Futures and Solarcentury has found that 80% of farmers in the UK want to have solar photovoltaics installation on their roofs within the next three years. These results prove that farmers’ interest in generating renewable electricity has increased dramatically since the…

After a fairly disappointing month of solar installations in October, the latest figures from Ofgem show that November has brought the total back up to over 6MW of systems. During the period 1-30 November there were 2,194 domestic installations (5.718MW), 27 commercial installations (0.264MW), no industrial…

Laughing in the face of large-scale solar intimidation, new business venture Solar Power Direct has launched its free solar panel installation deal aimed specifically at commercial properties throughout England and Wales.

German solar company SunConcept has set up a UK subsidiary at Kings Hill in West Malling, Kent. The company reports that it has been monitoring the UK market since the previous government published the ‘UK Renewable Energy Strategy’ back in July 2009, and has now made the decision to increase its activity in the UK after the introduction of the FiT.

Independent property Fund Manager, Rockspring Property Investment Managers is to convert Westcott Venture Park in Buckinghamshire to run on solar energy. Rockspring, which is being advised by Renewable energy company Ownergy, will begin construction in the New Year.

The first project to be financed by its Ecobonds proceeds will see Ecotricity use an existing wind farm location in Lincolnshire, to build a 1MW PV power plant