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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.

Foresight Solar Fund, the UK-based PV yield-co investor, is expecting a large part of its future growth to come from the development of a market for sub-5MW projects.

Cornwall’s high solar capacity and poor grid infrastructure make it the ideal place for energy storage to take hold, according to solar industry veteran Ray Noble.

The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has launched two new trade groups to represent the solar and storage industries respectively.

Plans to install solar on almost 750 roofs across Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) have become crowdfunding platform Abundance’s most successful project, in terms of conversion of visits to investment.

Matt Hancock, the minister of state for energy has suggested that SMEs should use the feed-in tariff (FiT) to support renewable projects instead of the new contracts for difference (CfD) mechanism.

During a select committee hearing on Tuesday, DECC minister Matthew Hancock let slip a few details and opinions on CfDs.