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Five companies have announced that they will joining the three previous solar companies in requesting damages from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The companies claim that the “unlawful and unfair” cuts to the feed-in tariff caused substantial damages to the solar companies’ respective businesses.

The Government has announced that it has set aside a budget of £125 million for its Green Deal cash back scheme in a bid to drive the uptake of the greener home initiative.

Ofgem is proposing stringent new measures to help simplify energy bills and increase competitiveness in the household energy market.

David Cameron has sparked confusion among his senior ministerial team after announcing apparently without their prior knowledge new legislation that would force energy companies to put their customers on the cheapest tariff available.

Any solar installer will tell you that roof hooks and roof tiles have a notoriously difficult relationship. Often it is hard to install the former without damaging the latter. A new shock absorbing roof tile, HookStop, has been specifically designed from the ground up to improve the durability of solar PV arrays.

The Government must provide greater certainty in energy policy to help investors boost growth and provide secure low-carbon power, the CBI Deputy Director-General has warned.

The European Commission has given the go-ahead for the creation of the long-awaited Green Investment Bank after ruling that it would not fall foul of EU state aid rules.

Lewes District Council’s Wave Leisure centre is a particularly high user of energy, as such, the council was keen to investigate ways in which it could reduce the centre’s electricity bills.

Millions of strawberries grown in two farms in Cambridgeshire are now being cooled and prepared for sale using energy generated from 400 solar panels.

Molecular Solar, a spinout company from the University of Warwick, has been able to achieve and demonstrate a record voltage for organic photovoltaic cells (OPV). The company has developed OPV technology capable of producing cells with open-circuit voltages in excess of 4 volts for the first time ever.