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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a solar installer and a green energy firm in West Yorkshire for safety breaches following a severe injury to a worker who fell from a roof during a solar install.

Ofgem has confirmed that all tariff bands less than 50kW in the feed-in tariff (FiT) will degress by 3.5% come 1 January 2015.

At least six container loads of PV modules claimed to have been fraudulently acquired have entered the UK from various European warehouses, Solar Power Portal understands.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has issued 150 million shares in order to raise gross proceeds of around £150 million.

Labour has continued to heap pressure on environment secretary Elizabeth Truss after her and her department failed to provide evidence to back up its recent denouncement of solar.

The plan to install 1GW of solar on the government estate could leave a ‘legacy’ of quality, according to Ray Noble, co-chair of DECC’s solar strategy.

European PV manufacturer, Bisol will introduce a 25-year linear warranty, which will guarantee 85% power output for all its modules after 25 years of operation.

Building distributor, EH Smith has agreed a UK distribution deal with American microinverter manufacturer, Enphase Energy.

Private investment firm, Equinox Energy Capital has completed a deal to acquire the project rights to a 5.7MW project in Brackley, Northamptonshire.

Zuber Vindhani from 4-noks talks about his company’s new products and its predictions for the UK market from the Solar Energy UK showfloor.