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The BRE National Solar Centre yesterday launched two new guides on solar storage systems, one of which has been aimed specifically at installers in the space.

Plans to develop a huge 50MW solar farm on the banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire have been rejected by a local council planning committee.

Although Britain’s government has cut support for renewable energy severely in the past few months, controversially claiming a need to balance the transition away from fossil fuels against the cost to consumers, energy storage might face less of a challenge at the top level, according to speakers at a conference in London.

Solar developer Elgin Energy is planning a 23MW solar farm at the site of a former RAF airfield in Gloucester, claiming that it could become one of the UK’s first subsidy-free projects.

A solar array at Leicester’s Community Sports Arena has been completed just in time for the installation to benefit from the higher rate of feed-in tariff no longer available to new projects.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has estimated that the European Commission’s minimum import price on solar panels is inflating construction costs by “10 to 14%”.

Lord Bourne has openly contradicted the party line often put forward by the Department of Energy and Climate Change that subsidies paid to renewable technologies leads to fuel poverty.

Panasonic has teamed with cloud platform company ezzingSolar to extend upon its virtual solar mapping and offer an online, ‘try before you buy’ equivalent.

Solar developer Kinetica Solar has slammed a lack of transparency and consistency over planning applications after its plans to construct a 22MW solar farm in North Tawton, Devon, were refused earlier this month.

MPs have poured scrutiny over government cuts to solar subsidies during yesterday’s second reading of the new Energy Bill.