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Ed Davey, the energy and climate change minister, has praised the UK solar industry’s rise to the sixth largest market for utility-scale solar in the world.

Module manufacturer ReneSola has supplied more than 180MW of panels to the UK market during its first year of operation.

Renewable energy project developer, Grupotec Renewables, has announced it has grid connected 200MW in the UK.

Inverter manufacturer Power Electronics connected 350MW of solar farms during two weeks.

Belectric UK has announced that it successfully connected 43.5MW of solar farms across the UK in 2014 in order to successfully claim the higher 1.6ROC subsidy.

Following on from the Solar Strategy’s promise to install 1GW of solar on government buildings, Solar Power Portal spoke to Jason Hunter from Capitas Finance to find out how schools can earn more money for education, and pay less on energy bills.

The UK has successfully lobbied to have a clause removed from the new EU state aid guidelines that would have hampered support for fossil fuels.

Greater consideration of energy storage technologies, including investment, is necessary for the UK to have the best chance of meeting its targets for renewable energy generation and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report published today by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).

Lightsource Renewable Energy’s founder and CEO Nick Boyle explains why it is moving into the commercial rooftop space following its acquisition of assets from Renewable Resources.

Portuguese solar developer, Martifer Solar, has announced that it has successfully connected 78.4MW of new solar capacity to the grid before the 31 March 1.6ROC deadline.