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Nominations for this year’s Solar Power Portal Awards are now open!

Nick Boyle, managing director of Lightsource Renewable Energy recently sat down with Solar Power Portal and explained why the company is positive about the future of UK solar.

Leading PV inverter manufacturer, SMA Solar Technology is slashing a further 1,000 jobs, primarily in Germany due to lower expected sales in 2015 from its traditional German and European markets.

The refurbished Bishop Centre retail park is now generating its own electricity thanks to two traditional PV arrays and bespoke solar PV louvres.

The feed-in tariff rates for both the 0-10kW and 50kW-5MW capacity bands will degress by 3.5% from April 2015, according to the latest statistics published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

Grupotec Renewables has started work on 12 solar farms across the UK, totalling 186MW of new capacity.

The Low Carbon Contracts Company has released a revised Contracts for Difference (CfD) timeline which will see the bid process accelerated.

European PV manufacturer BISOL has launched a new 285W solar PV module to help meet the demand of UK customers who want more power but have limited roof space.

RES has connected its first solar farm in the UK, a 7.2MW site in Truro, Cornwall.

The cost of solar power is falling faster than any other technology, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has found.