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The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has confirmed that it is planning on removing support for ground-mount solar under the Renewable Obligation (RO) scheme from 1 April 2015.

Kent-based security company, Green Gate Access Systems, has installed the UK’s first solar-powered parking barriers at Warwick Hospital.

In today’s green news round-up: New report counts 6.5 million renewable energy jobs globally, White House connects new solar array; and shale gas could be hitting households as soon as 2015.

The historic Knowlton Court estate in Canterbury, Kent has installed an 11.7MW solar array across 14.2 hectares of its land.

Hendy Group’s Van and Truck Centre in Chandler’s Ford near Southampton is generating its own electricity after the installation of a solar array.

The Solar Trade Association (STA) says that it “seems clear” that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will publish proposals to change solar’s support under the Renewable Obligation (RO) scheme on Tuesday.

In today’s green news round-up: More questions over new nuclear – Panasonic to invest in Tesla’s gigafactory – Green groups fight back over ‘split’ slur.

Kingspan Energy has completed a 5.8MW solar array on the roof of an unnamed multinational car company’s new facility in the midlands.

Lawyers at Cambridge University have warned that the government’s agreement with EDF to build new nuclear in the UK could be destined for legal challenges.

In today’s edition: The Carbon Tracker Initiative reveals that big oil companies might be wasting billions of dollars of investments, fracking causes more controversy on both sides of the Atlantic; and a study at Cambridge University reveals a massive legal loophole in the nuclear power agreement between EDF and the UK coalition government.