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UK solar start-up Naked Energy has signed an agreement with US-based manufacturer Jabil to scale up the production of its hybrid solar technology, Virtu.

As 2015 draws to a close, Solar Power Portal runs through some of the biggest and most interesting stories of the year. In our fourth and final part, we visit the government’s overhaul of the feed-in tariff and arguably its motivation for doing so; a mammoth quarter for solar deployment which took everyone – and particularly DECC – by surprise.

BayWa r.e’s Aston Clinton solar park has been sold to CEE, marking the third time the developer has sold one of its solar projects to the Hamburg-based firm.

As 2015 draws to a close, Solar Power Portal runs through some of the biggest and most interesting stories of the year. In part three, we take a look back at February’s CfD results which have since seen two winning projects stumble, and a high court ruling which may lead to the dismantling of a solar park in Wiltshire.

North Star Solar is set to deliver a new solar battery storage pilot scheme in four London boroughs as it tests battery combinations across 40 council homes.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has finished the year by adding almost 15MW to its portfolio with the acquisition of three new solar parks for a total of £16.5 million.

A minor change to wording incorporated within the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s RO consultation response could mean as much as 1GW of ground-mount solar could fail to qualify for the 1.3 ROC grace period, which closes on 31 March 2016.

Global Heat Source has rebranded itself as Global Group to facilitate the incorporation of two new business streams that could supplement the likely loss of business resulting from the government’s reductions to the solar feed-in tariff.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has opened the door to a potential review of feed-in tariff rates revealed last week should HMRC follow through with plans to increase VAT in August 2016.

Renewable electricity generation soared in Q3 2015 but continued to have little impact on domestic electricity bills.