Solar installations used by companies to export power to the grid are to be spared from rising costs after the Solar Trade Association (STA) successfully signed a provisional agreement meaning these systems will in fact see a decrease in business rates.
A report published by the Welsh government last week has raised the possibility of extending permitted development rights (PDR) for solar PV and thermal beyond current limits.
Pressure has continued to build on the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Energy (BEIS) to reform the feed-in tariff after government statistics revealed August to be the slowest deployment month yet under the new regime.
Scottish Water has pledged to spend £9 million over the next three years on a number of solar projects in the single biggest investment in the technology by the utility.
BYD has officially launched its “B-BOX” in the UK – an energy storage system for household and commercial applications featuring the same battery technology used in buses running throughout central London
Electricity storage and energy efficiency product manufacturer, Powervault, has collaborated with Solar Power Portal to conduct a survey of the electricity storage market in the UK.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund has secured a £217 million refinancing deal which its chairman John Rennocks labelled an “important milestone” for the company.
Lauren Cook, analyst at Solar Market Research, discusses the nascent Irish solar market and answers some of the industry’s most frequently asked questions regarding opportunities on the Emerald Isle.
Solarwatt has continued its push into the UK market by appointing Wind & Sun as its distribution partner, which will offer Solarwatt’s advanced renewable-energy generation and management systems to installers across the country.
