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A research project underway at two universities to create a tool aiding solar developers in assessing the environmental impacts of a new project is calling on industry to take part in its work.

Solar Power Portal details the runners and riders for this year’s Large-scale PV Project award.

A university in London has launched what it claims to be the first community-funded solar project on a higher education establishment in the UK.

The UK’s surging solar PV capacity has helped the country to a new quarterly renewable electricity generation record.

In the lead up to October’s ceremony, Solar Power Portal will be delving into each category to profile the shortlisted nominees in detail. Here, we look at those shortlisted for the Residential PV Project award.

Chris Jardine, technical director at Joju Solar, discusses how renewables installers can best diversify in the current climate and notes some particular pitfalls to avoid.

In this special edition of Solar Power Portal’s movers and shakers feature, Hyperion Executive Search’s David Hunt discusses why some companies have failed to keep hold of their top talent.

Nottingham City Council has met its climate change targets four years ahead of schedule following a number of energy saving initiatives and significant investments in renewables across the city.

Earlier this week Lightsource announced that it had connected the UK’s first CfD solar park, the Charity Farm project in Shropshire, but it’s a bittersweet moment for the industry as Charity Farm could well be the only solar CfD project to ever be connected. Is now the time to bring solar in from the cold?

The University of the West of England (UWE) has announced plans to increase the capacity of its roof-mounted solar array to 450kWp, plans which it says would make it the largest rooftop array in the UK’s University market.