Newsletter: SunEdison launches ‘zero down’ offer for UK rooftop market

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US renewable energy developer and manufacturer, SunEdison will offer the UK’s first residential solar PPA. The company will install solar PV on a customer’s roof for free, offering residential customers fixed electricity tariffs for 20 years. Speaking at Ecobuild, Mark Babcock, vice president of SunEdison residential & small commercial Europe said that the company was going to push the new offering heavily with a “significant” advertising and PR push. Elsewhere, the BPVA’s Reza Shaybani has managed to secure a meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss the case for installing solar PV on newbuild homes. All this and much more can be found in today’s newsletter.

Peter Bennett
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Solar Power Portal

SunEdison launches ‘zero down’ offer for UK rooftop market

US renewable energy developer and manufacturer, SunEdison, is to offer a zero-down solar offering for the UK residential market that it claims can reduce customers’ bills by 15%.

Business

Lightsource and Octopus refinance 76.4MW with Barclays

Developer Lightsource Renewable Energy and fund manager Octopus Investments have completed the refinancing of 76.4MW of UK solar farms.

APC Technology Group launches renewable energy company

Installations

Harworth and RES partner for 7.1MW solar farm on former colliery

A former open cast mining operation in Derbyshire has won planning permission to develop a 7.1MW solar farm on the site.

Policy

Ecobuild: BPVA to meet David Cameron to discuss solar-powered starter homes

The British Photovoltaic Association (BPVA) is meeting with the Prime Minister, David Cameron, to discuss the potential of installing solar on the Conservatives’ planned 100,000 new homes for first-time buyers.

Market

Ecobuild: Leading solar developer hopes CfD transition will ‘shake out’ UK industry

A senior representative of one of Britain’s leading solar developers has said he hopes the challenges of adjusting to the contracts for difference (CfD) system will leave the UK industry in better shape.

Under the spotlight: Marek Kubik on what storage can do for UK solar

Education

Good Energy launches solar schools cash prize

Energy supplier, Good Energy, has launched a competition that will see three schools win up to £5,000 towards purchasing their own solar panels.

Blogs

Picking out Ecobuild’s solar highlights

For me, Ecobuild was a flying visit. I had just four hours on the first day to get around and see what I could before hopping back on the train to Sheffield. While the whole of Ecobuild is fascinating for me, the project for which I work is based around solar PV, so that’s the quarter where I spent most of my time.

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