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Nominations for the Solar Power Portal and Energy-Storage.News Awards 2018 are now open, and the Residential Rooftop Solar Installation award returns once again.

Two years ago the government’s new feed-in tariff regime came into force, starting an immensely difficult period for the solar industry. Deployment has fallen by nearly 80%, and thousands of jobs have been lost. This is the inside track of how it happened.

Puredrive Energy has launched a power purchase agreement (PPA) offer for installations of battery energy storage facilities up to 50kWh to address the different needs of the commercial sector.

The government has appeared to shelve plans for a review of the feed-in tariff, adding more uncertainty to the domestic renewables sector.

Nissan is backing its big brand presence to crack the UK solar market and expects to complete its first installation in the UK in a matter of weeks.

Energy secretary Greg Clarke has been warned that the UK is at great risk of missing out on the benefit of low carbon power if it does not address concerns surrounding deployment.

Ireland is to pilot a domestic microgeneration scheme for solar PV this summer according to climate minister Denis Naughten, opening the potential for funding outside of the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS).

Moixa has made greater strides into the Japanese market after securing £5 million investment from trading house Itochu, which will install the British company’s GridShare aggregation platform as standard on its own home battery product.

Solar Power Portal is delighted to announce that entries for the Solar Power Portal Awards 2018 are now open.

Car manufacturer Nissan has become the latest major company to enter the UK solar market with a new domestic offering.