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The 50kW+ feed-in tariff (FiT) has been breached for the second time this year, sparking a new contingent degression in rates that are to be paid to new installations from 1 July onwards.

The European Union has driven renewable energy deployment and boosted the UK’s voice in the international climate debate Lord Mandelson has claimed as he made the case against Brexit yesterday.

The UK is at risk of missing out on the economic opportunities presented the global shift towards low carbon technologies, according to new analysis by six of the UK’s development and environment organisations.

Renewables installer EcoLogicLiving has become the latest company in the solar supply chain to file for administration, resulting in the loss of a number of jobs.

Solar Media, the publishers of Solar Business Focus UK magazine and Solar Power Portal, are delighted to introduce Inside Clean Energy, the new magazine designed to provide insight and intelligence to the UK’s clean energy supply chain.

Solar Power Portal runs through this week’s people news from within UK solar, including hires at DP Energy and Bluesky, and news of redundancies at The Solar Cloth Company

Nominations for this year’s Solar Power Portal Awards, sponsored by Trina Solar, are currently open. Returning for its fourth consecutive year, the Solar Power Portal Awards will take place on 5 October during the Clean Energy Live exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC.

The UK solar industry has reached its latest milestone after generating more energy in a full month than coal for the first time, according to analysis by Carbon Brief.

Conservative think-tank Bright Blue has said that renewables must be the government’s ‘Plan B’ in the event that the controversial Hinkley C nuclear power project falls through.

Developers of commercial solar PV hoping to add batteries to their offerings could find the expertise required a significant barrier to entry, the head of a solar installation and power engineering company has said.