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The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has closed applications for the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund due to “overwhelming public demand”.

The Solar Trade Association has accused the government of stacking the deck against solar after the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) revealed that only £50 million would be available per year in the auction pot for Contracts for Difference (CfD).

Solar and onshore wind will compete for a share of £50 million a year under the contracts for difference (CfDs) scheme, according to a document published by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

The EU has approved the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme under its state aid guidelines calling it a “fine example” of a market-based decarbonisation policy.

The UK subsidiary of insolvent German distributor Wagner & Co has bought out its German-held stake and re-launched as an independent entity.

British Solar Renewables has revealed that is has started construction of an 8.7MW solar farm in Dorset.

German developer Goldbeck Solar has started construction of a 37.3MW solar farm in Bournemouth, Dorset.

Waverney District Council has approved plans to install a 7.25MW solar farm at Playters New Farm in Beccles, Suffolk.

The government has published proposals to lift fuel poor homes to a Band C energy efficiency rating by 2030.

Energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey has confirmed that the government will not amend the Fourth Carbon Budget, resisting reported pressure from the chancellor George Osborne.