The boom in solar farm construction in the UK has brought new opportunities for investment in the UK’s power sector, and in spite of changes to renewable subsidy support mechanisms, those opportunities show little sign of abating.
Police in Lincolnshire are warning solar farm operators to be more vigilant following a spate of solar panel thefts in the county as well as other parts of the country.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has given the green light for a 41MW solar farm at a former airfield outside Swindon, a joint venture between the council and the Science Museum Group which owns the site.
WPD’s Roger Hey says the company learned from a domestic energy storage project that “we are not the right organisation to have that deep engagement with [domestic] customers.
LCNF projects are becoming the engine of change for distribution network operators. Janet Wood investigated the new commercial relationships being born and asked whether DNOs have a ‘system operator’ role in future
Solarcentury has sold its 71MWp pipeline of solar PV projects to Magnetar Solar. It will also build an additional 40MWp of projects for the investor company.
The Renewable Energy Association has launched two new specialist sections, to represent members in the solar and storage sectors.