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China and the UK have built on their nuclear deal with wide-ranging renewable energy collaboration but solar is left in the shadows.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has criticised the government’s “sharp cliff edge” feed-in tariff proposals in his response to the government’s consultation.

The number of feed-in tariff accredited solar installations topped 750,000 for the first time last month, Department of Energy and Climate Change figures have revealed.

The London Assembly has called on Mayor of London Boris Johnson to lobby on behalf of the solar industry and provide “political leadership” against feed-in tariff proposals.

Solarcentury chief executive Frans van den Heuvel has warned the UK government that it is “going against the world” with its proposed feed-in tariff cuts.

Ground-mount solar and onshore wind will be cost-competitive with gas by 2020, a report issued by the Committee on Climate Change has claimed today.

Major US residential solar installer SolarCity has shed light on its decision to withdraw its subsidiary Zep Solar from the UK market.

The UK government could deliver cheaper electricity bills to households and businesses by pursuing a decentralised energy strategy with solar and storage at its centre, a new report co-authored by firms including Tesla, Lightsource and Good Energy.

NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has made its maiden acquisition of a solar rooftop portfolio within a tranche of new purchases announced today.

Green energy utility Ecotricity has announced plans to develop three “hybrid” energy parks – combining wind and solar generation at the same site – in the UK.