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The Bluefield Solar Income Fund has added two more UK PV plants to its portfolio.

Bypass Nurseries in Evesham will be even greener after the completion of a 3.3MW solar farm on its site.

The Solar Building Company (SBC) and Mere Environmental have revealed plans to install a 49MW solar farm in Anglesey.

Labour is calling for an investigation into the handling of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund, which was closed without notice on Thursday evening.

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.