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The Belectric brand is to be taken over by innogy SE, the renewable energy subsidiary of German utility RWE, after a deal was agreed for the company’s solar, battery and O&M businesses.

Last week the Institute of Directors revealed that business leaders have taken a dim view of government energy policy, but widely backed its success in the promotion of renewables. With hydropower and solar among the favourites of big businesses, is the tide turning for renewables in the eyes of corporates?

Battery storage has dominated the outcome of the National Grid’s 200MW Enhanced Frequency Response (EFR) tender, with the technology to be used for balancing services at grid scale for the first time in the UK.

Asset management group Luxcara has completed a £30 million refinancing of eight UK solar projects within its portfolio.

The UK can successfully tackle the challenges of the energy trilemma without building Hinkley Point C according to a new report from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) out today.

Solar Power Portal talks to Trina Solar’s Richard Rushin about the hurdles the UK’s commercial rooftop market must overcome, and the opportunity out there for installers.

Solar Media, the publishers of Solar Power Portal and Inside Clean Energy, have collaborated with module manufacturer Trina Solar to launch a comprehensive guide to the burgeoning UK commercial rooftop market.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has upgraded its Q1 and Q2 2016 deployment stats, but warned of lower-than-average recorded sun hours over the last three months.

The UK’s energy infrastructure will need investment totalling almost £215 billion by 2030, nearly all of which will need to be earmarked for “disruptive” generation technologies such as renewables.

Industry leader DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions and Italian EPC firm Enerpoint share best practices for installing rooftop PV systems.