Solar Power

Miliband backs vast solar farms in push to expand renewable power

Ed Miliband has approved subsidies for solar farms covering up to 40 square miles of UK farmland, alongside new onshore…

5 days ago

Rise of the zero-bill home? Ed Miliband pins hopes on solar power

Ed Miliband plans a £13bn Warm Homes push to expand solar, heat pumps and batteries, aiming to cut household energy…

2 months ago

Solar developers look for the exit as falling power prices squeeze returns

Solar developers in Spain are struggling to sell projects as electricity prices fall, valuations slide and oversupply squeezes returns, raising…

2 months ago

Mega solar farms built on England’s best farmland, CPRE warns, as charity urges rooftop-first solar strategy

Nearly two-thirds of England’s largest solar farms have been built on productive agricultural land, with a third of their area…

7 months ago

A Solar Nation: How Britain’s Rooftops Are Becoming Mini Power Stations

On a crisp January morning, the slanting winter sunlight falls across a row of Victorian terraces in north London. At…

1 year ago

How Can We Improve Solar Energy Harvesting?

Solar energy is essential for a sustainable future, but traditional silicon-based solar panels have limitations, such as high cost and…

1 year ago

Mandatory solar panels on new-build homes could power an extra 1.17 million UK households

Good Energy's analysis reveals that mandatory solar panels on 1.5 million new-build homes could generate enough surplus electricity to power…

1 year ago

New planning rules will require rural councils to approve wind and solar farms as part of the UK’s push towards net zero

Rural councils across England will be required to approve a significant increase in wind and solar farms under a new…

2 years ago

Farnborough Airport to build one of the largest solar installations in the south east

Farnborough Airport has unveiled plans for what it says will be one of the most significant light-weight solar installations in…

2 years ago

Low Carbon brings more renewable energy online with Fox Covert Solar Farm

Global renewable energy company Low Carbon has announced that its 22MW Fox Covert Solar Farm, located in Buckinghamshire, has begun…

2 years ago