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In his latest blog for Solar Power Portal, independent consultant and local authority expert Stephen Cirell discusses the recent announcement by Portsmouth City Council to roll out solar over the next four years using a series of PPA funded deals, and calls on other local authorities to follow suit.

4eco has become the latest company to enter insolvency following cuts to government subsidies for domestic solar enacted earlier this year.

UK solar has continued to break records after generation reached a new peak of delivering almost a quarter of electricity demand.

Lightsource is to invest £25 million in the deployment of solar PV across thousands of residential properties in Northern Ireland.

Should Great Britain vote to leave the European Union later this week there could be a much greater need for new energy generation capacity, but at the cost of an extra £140 million on annual consumer bills.