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One of the largest rooftop solar installations in the UK is to add a Tesla battery in what is thought to be the first UK project to use a commercial array to charge an energy storage system to avoid grid charges and provide ancillary services.

The Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 is now just a matter of weeks away and the shortlisted entrants have all been publicised.

Utility Eneco UK has snapped up an operational commercial rooftop solar portfolio topping 7.5MW from supplier Kingspan Energy.

Advanced materials in solar panel construction help enable electricity and ensure panel longevity.

Folkestone-based solar installer M3 Solutions has completed the second phase of a rooftop solar system for Chester Zoo.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has committed to publishing a fresh review of the small-scale feed-in tariff regime by the end of the year, Solar Power Portal can reveal.

Belectric UK has completed a 3.42MW rooftop install atop Rolls-Royce’s manufacturing plant in Bristol, funded through a power purchase agreement.

The Solar Trade Association is ramping up its campaign against a proposed increase in solar business rates, aiming to secure a U-turn ahead of new rates coming into force on 1 April 2017.

A 250kW array will supply 190MWh annually to the Yorkshire Event Centre, home to the Great Yorkshire Show.