Solar Media Staff

Energy minister Andrea Leadsom has said the government will do everything in its power to remove the “unwelcome drain” of the minimum import price attached to Chinese solar modules.

The UK solar industry has been warned not to get its hopes up after motions were laid to annul the government’s feed-in tariff cuts.

Canadian Solar brought five new solar power plants online in the final quarter of 2015, adding almost 23MWp to its UK portfolio of operational sites.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Featherstone have both laid motions in an attempt to block the government’s controversial feed-in tariff cuts.

Electronics and PV module manufacturer Panasonic has increased its ‘HIT’ module product guarantee in European markets from 10 to 15 years, bringing it inline with guarantees given by many rivals.

A number of prominent figures within the solar and wider renewables industry figures received awards as part of the 2016 New Year’s Honours list.

Calls for the National Audit Office to investigate the Levy Control Framework (LCF) and assumptions made within it have intensified after it was revealed DECC expects wholesale energy prices to tumble.

A flagship building at Derby’s new Infinity Park has been completed with a rooftop solar system set to generate 37,000kWh of electricity every year to be used onsite.

British Renewables will have to wait until September to learn the fate of its proposed 25MW solar farm at Rampisham Down in Dorset.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a warning to companies making nuisance calls to expect further fines, with more than £1 million of penalties already in the pipeline in the coming year.