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WELink Energy has completed the sale of its 61MW Swindon Solar Farm, developed by partners British Solar Renewables, to investment management firm Rockfire Capital.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has acknowledged the looming issue of a change in rateable values attached to commercial rooftop solar installs and pledged to “look very closely” at its potential impacts.

Solar Power Portal runs through those nominated for this year’s commercial PV project award.

Despite outperforming the rest of the UK, Scotland will need to increase its renewable electricity deployment by 1.3GW per year to 2020 if it is to meet its decarbonisation targets, according to a new report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).

The conservative think tank Policy Exchange has thrown its weight behind the government’s proposals to axe solar thermal from the Renewable Heat Incentive, claiming that lower cost non-renewable technologies should be allowed onto the scheme.

One of the UK’s largest solar installations to be completed at a school is saving Wellacre Academy in Flixton, Greater Manchestrer thousands off its electricity bills thanks to a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Eden Sustainable.

With the launch of an environment and energy manifesto this week, Jeremy Corbyn may have signalled a renewed focus from Labour on energy policy. In the same week that saw Barry Gardner launch a campaign against rising business rates on solar installations, could it be that Corbyn’s Labour is about to bring green energy policy to the fore?

Government failure to cooperate effectively across departments means the UK will miss its 2020 renewable energy targets according to the latest damning report from the energy and climate select committee.

Solar Power Portal runs through this week’s people news from within UK solar, including a change at the top of BEIS and a new MD at Lark Energy Commercial

The number of new community companies setting up to deliver renewable energy projects has dropped by more than 80% following cuts in government support, according to new findings from Co-operatives UK.