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UK’s ‘largest solar carport’ – with additional storage – planned for St Ives Park & Ride

July 18, 2017
Cambridgeshire County Council has received planning permission for what it claims will be the UK’s largest solar carport.
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Hive readies ‘subsidy free’ solar farm for summer 2018 build

July 17, 2017
Hive Energy has revealed it is planning to build a solar farm in the UK without subsidy support next summer.
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PV Crystalox to close UK manufacturing operations

July 14, 2017
UK-headquartered multicrystalline solar wafer producer PV Crystalox Solar has confirmed plans to close its multicrystalline ingot/brick production facilities in Oxford.
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Green Hedge lands £30 million battery storage investment

July 13, 2017
Green Hedge has secured £30 million of investment from infrastructure investor Zouk Capital to help it chase battery storage developments.
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Labour MP Rachel Reeves elected as BEIS select committee chair

July 13, 2017
Labour MP Rachel Reeves, widely tipped as one of the party’s rising stars, has been selected as chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee.
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Welsh Water to ramp up on-site renewables presence with £250 million EIB loan

July 13, 2017
Water utility Welsh Water has announced plans to increase its own suite of onsite renewables as part of a wider decarbonisation effort.
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Consumers could drive UK solar capacity as high as 44GW by 2050: National Grid

July 13, 2017
The UK’s solar capacity could soar to as much as 44GW by 2050 if consumers take command of their own power supply, National Grid has forecasted.
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Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 shortlist unveiled

July 13, 2017
Solar Power Portal is delighted to today reveal the entries that have been shortlisted for this year’s Solar Power Portal Awards.
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The key to understanding solar panel defects

July 11, 2017
Following extensive, years-long PV field studies, DuPont delivers critical insights that will help ensure reliability in solar installations.
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New residential FiT capacity tops 200MW as regime broaches half-way point

July 11, 2017
There is now more than 200MW of capacity within the residential solar feed-in tariff (FiT) cap as the regime enters the second half of its operation.

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