Ikea launches solar panel battery storage that could cut household electricity bills by hundreds. Affordable battery storage, which allows energy gathered by solar panels to be used when the sun isn’t shining, has been seen as a key obstacle for solar power.
Independent 3rd Aug 2017 read more »
The UK solar industry is set to emerge as one of Europe’s leading post-subsidy large-scale solar markets from 2018 onwards, with plans being scoped, submitted and approved in the past 12 months alone that comfortably exceed the gigawatt-level of new site deployment. Sites are typically being planned now in the 20-50MW range, with the largest site going through full planning submission today with a potential capacity, when built, above 100MW in size. This article reviews some of the factors at play, discusses the drivers, and explains the business strategies being employed by the developers now set to reshape the next strong uptick in UK ground-mount solar farm builds.
Solar Power Portal 3rd Aug 2017 read more »
Elgin Energy has submitted plans for a subsidy free solar farm on the site of a former airfield in Scotland which if approved would see the site boast more than 50MW of capacity. The plans submitted to Moray Council would see around 200,000 solar panels deployed on approximately 115 hectares at the former RAF Milltown Airfield, around four miles north east of Elgin. The documents state that as the proposed development will be completed post-subsidy, it needs to utilise a significant portion of the airfield in order to be commercially viable. Elgin Energy said that the capacity should therefore be considered as “symptomatic of the changing support regime for projects of this kind”.
Solar Power Portal 3rd Aug 2017 read more »