Image: Canadian Solar. Solar giant Canadian Solar and Windel Capital are teaming up for a 1.4GWp pipeline of solar in a bid to boost their UK presence. Having signed a project development agreement for the pipeline, the two companies are expecting the first of these projects to reach ready-to-build status in the second half of 2021. […]

Published: 21 Jan 2021, 12:45 The Bumpers solar farm, which was developed by Anesco before being sold to Gresham House last year. Image: Anesco. Anesco is partnering with Gresham House for the development of a 200MW solar PV portfolio. Whilst Gresham House will fund the portfolio – which consists of assets ranging from 20MW to

Image: Giorgio Trovato (Unsplash). The solar sector has welcomed the UK government’s 31% home carbon emissions reduction target as part of the long-awaited Future Homes Standard update. According to Solar Energy UK, this target could lead to a five-fold increase in new homes built with solar technologies as home builders opt for the low-carbon technology to

Published: 19 Jan 2021, 12:28 Image: Portsmouth City Council Since 2014, Portsmouth has invested more in solar than any other council in the UK according to new research. The Solar Centre utilised council data gathered through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests that explored council spending on solar installations since the 2014/2015 financial year. Portsmouth came

Published: 18 Jan 2021, 12:12 Peter Bolton, new investment director at Gresham House New Energy. Image: Gresham House. Gresham House New Energy has welcomed a new investment director to develop the company’s unsubsidised renewables strategy. Peter Bolton is joining the company from Foresight, where he has worked for seven years including as investment director. He focused

Chris Hewett, Solar Energy UK’s chief executive, said the group hopes to start hosting in-person events again later this year. Image: Solar Energy UK. The Solar Trade Association has rebranded to Solar Energy UK this year to reflect the “new era of solar in the UK”, with plans for increased member activity as well as

Published: 15 Jan 2021, 12:15 The Irish Department of the Environment, Climate and Communication (DCCAE) is looking to launch a support scheme for microgeneration technologies, such as solar PV. Currently, there is no support scheme for these technologies – defined as those with a maximum electrical output of 50kW and designed primarily for self-consumption at

Image: sonnen. Sonnen has launched its 4.6kW sonnenBatterie 10 product in the UK and Ireland following its initial launch in Germany last year. The battery offers a modular design, allowing for it to be expanded from 11kWh to 22kWh, with the possibility for expansions of up to 198kWh for small businesses or homes with larger

Published: 14 Jan 2021, 12:35 Image: Scottish Water. A new rooftop solar array is now generating at Scottish Water’s Campbeltown Water Treatment Works. Having cost £95,000, the 174 panels are to offset 16% of the electricity required to operate the facility. They were installed by Absolute Solar and Wind and are to generate 0.05GWh of

Published: 14 Jan 2021, 12:59 Despite surges elsewhere in the renewables sector, generation from solar in Great Britain fell in 2020 according to analysis from EnAppSys. Last year, solar output stood at 10TWh while in 2019 it was 12TWh, the analysis firm stated. This is despite record levels of solar in the first half of