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Nominations for the Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 are now open, and the finance innovation award returns once again.

A BlackRock Real Assets-managed fund has acquired two operational solar farms from prolific German EPC ib vogt.

Over 70% of local authorities across the UK have no strategy in place to invest in solar, with almost half pointing to a lack of incentives from government as the main barrier to deploying council solar, according to a survey carried out by LG Solar.

Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) has reached an agreement with Trina Solar to acquire a portfolio of six UK solar sites with a combined capacity of 30MW following the successful conclusion of each farm’s construction phase.

Seven primary schools in the Glasgow area are to be fitted with solar panels with a combined total capacity of 350kWp under plans by the city council to reduce emissions by 30% by 2020.

Liam Stoker challenges energy minister Jesse Norman’s claim that the government’s feed-in tariff overhaul has placed solar on the path to a subsidy-free future.

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.

Red tape, stagnant demand and elaborate outside pressures have made module pricing in the UK complex and seemingly insulated from global price trends. John Parnell examines the stand-offs maintaining a status quo in UK module prices.

Nominations for the Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 are now open, and product innovation will once again return as a category.

Renewables investor Low Carbon has bolstered its portfolio of solar assets it has under management by taking on a new tranche of assets from Wirsol.