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Leeds-based installation company Eclipse Solar has signed a major advertising deal that will see the company’s message displayed across the pitch side LED boards during Rugby Super League games on Sky Sports, Fox Sports, and the BBC.

Mace Midlands has partnered with IBC Solar to design and install a unique East West-facing solar array on the company’s headquarters in Burton-on-Trent.

French PV specialists, Mobasolar are set to help expand Samsung’s solar presence in Europe after signing a distribution agreement covering France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom for the South Korean’s PV modules.

MoneySupermarket has had a 48.88kWp solar array fitted to its headquarters in Flintshire. The £90,000 installation was installed free-of-charge by iGen Energy Ltd, as part of a power purchase agreement.

The International Energy Agency has compiled a special World Energy Outlook report on the use of unconventional gas. The report states that exploiting the world’s vast resources of unconventional natural gas holds the key to, what it calls, “a golden age if gas.”

As part of its plans to connect over 25MW of wind and solar energy initiatives to the grid this year, TGC Renewables has begun construction on one of the largest solar projects in the UK. The 3.6MW project, comprising 14,700 PV panels, will be installed over three adjacent fields on a 8.32 hectare site, north of the village of Clawton, Devon.

The UK has dropped a position in Ernst & Young’s latest global renewable energy Country Attractiveness Indices report (CAI), due to concerns that the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) commitment to renewables is wavering after increased speculation that the department is ready to embrace natural gas as the bridge fuel for the country.

Not for profit organisation Future of London has launched its latest report, Delivering Energy Efficiency in London, examining the practicalities in implementing and driving demand for the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO). Produced in conjunction with EDF Energy, the group’s research concludes that carrying out these efficiency measures will be more difficult and costly in London and therefore will require increased financial aid compared with the rest of the UK.

After the disaster at Fukishima, Germany vowed to never install a new nuclear station again, immediately decommissioning eight plants. Instead it would turn to renewables to generate the energy required to run the country.

Westmill solar farm, located just outside Swindon, is set to become the UK’s first community-owned solar park. The 5MW site has been operating since July last year and is home to more than 20,000 solar modules, producing 4.4GWh of electricity per year.