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All the latest coverage from the second day of this year’s Solar Energy UK | Clean Energy Live exhibition at the NEC Birmingham.

PV Kits Direct has launched a turnkey project delivery service after securing a deal with a leading international investment bank, which will provide structured finance and support to the wholesaler.

A record number of visitors were expected to visit Solar Energy UK | Clean Energy Live 2016 as the industry exhibition opens its doors on Tuesday.

All the latest news, insight and opinion from the opening day of SEUK|CEL 2016 at Birmingham’s NEC.

CCL Components has developed its first product in time for Clean Energy Live, which will see the distributor launch the Powerplus portable hybrid power system for the off-grid energy market.

Greg Clark has delivered his first speech to the Conservative Party conference as secretary of state for the department of business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS), but has drawn criticism for his failure to outline specific energy or climate change related policy.

The annual Solar Power Portal and Clean Energy Awards, sponsored by Trina Solar, takes place this Wednesday evening and Michael Fereday, customer solutions manager at Rexel Energy Solutions, which has sponsored this year’s Residential Energy Storage category, says this year’s event is important to recognise companies at the forefront of the industry’s evolution.

Solar installations used by companies to export power to the grid are to be spared from rising costs after the Solar Trade Association (STA) successfully signed a provisional agreement meaning these systems will in fact see a decrease in business rates.

A report published by the Welsh government last week has raised the possibility of extending permitted development rights (PDR) for solar PV and thermal beyond current limits.

Pressure has continued to build on the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Energy (BEIS) to reform the feed-in tariff after government statistics revealed August to be the slowest deployment month yet under the new regime.