Solar electricity almost doubled last year
Official Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) figures out today show that solar electricity generation almost doubled over the course of last year, with almost 5GW of capacity at the end of 2014 up from 2.8GW at the end of 2013. This is enough power to supply the equivalent of 1.5million homes. The statistics, […]
Over 125,000 homes went solar last year
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have today published their latest statistics on small-scale solar PV installations , showing that over 125,000 homes put solar on their roof last year. The numbers also show that a total of 700MW of solar, the equivalent of powering 212,000 homes, was installed on buildings and in […]
Solar Feed-In Tariffs for big roofs could soon move with owners
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has today released proposals that would allow businesses and factories to take their solar with them if they move location. The change would apply to medium and large sized solar installations (above 50kW) and would allow people to continue to claim the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) after the […]
Home grown UK solar to be cheaper than gas
The Solar Trade Association (STA) have today published new analysis showing that the cost of generating electricity from a typical 10MW solar farm in the UK is set to fall faster than many think over the next 15 years. The report, Cost reduction potential of large-scale solar PV, is based on a survey of the […]
Farmlay Eggs go green
An Aberdeenshire farm is to invest in a further 150KW of Solar PV after the installation of 50 KW of Solar proved a ‘resounding success’. The newly installed Solar PV system is now fully operational, and is set to produce 42,000 kWh annually , driving down the farms operational costs and increasing the […]
STA poised to amend industry 10 Commitments to back DECC community energy push
The Solar Trade Association is set to revise its influential ‘10 Commitments’ on solar farms to support the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s push for greater levels of local ownership of solar farms. The draft amended Commitment, due to be discussed by members this month, reads: “We will engage with the community in advance […]
Prime Minister: growth in solar opportunity for sector and wider economy
Prime Minister David Cameron has said that solar “has the potential to play a valuable part of the UK’s renewable energy mix” in response to a letter from a coalition of over 150 businesses from the solar industry and beyond who came together last month to warn David Cameron of the threat to Britain’s thriving […]
Conergy prepares for next phase of UK solar, rebrands Wirsol Solar UK
The Conergy Group, one of the world’s leading downstream solar companies, announced today further steps in the integration of Wirsol Solar UK, which the company acquired in January this year to create one of the UK’s five biggest companies in the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of large solar plants. From today the developer Wirsol Solar UK, which built the […]
Solar power installations jump to a new annual record
The year 2013 saw record-breaking growth for solar electricity generation as the photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) markets continued to grow. With over 39 gigawatts installed worldwide, the PV solar market represented one third of all newly-added renewable energy capacity, write Worldwatch’s Max Lander and Climate and Energy Intern Xiangyu Wu in the […]
