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An extremely successful product launch at Solar Energy UK saw Solar Panel Security sell-out of stock of the newly-launched ‘SPrakets’ product.

SolarFields UK has the lofty ambition of becoming the UK’s largest investment opportunity in solar energy.

5YJ Co-operative, a new London-based solar co-operative has announced that it will begin issuing shares.

Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering, makers of the SolarMax range, agreed a distribution deal with PV wholesaler Solen Energy UK on the show floor of Solar Energy UK.

The European Commission has announced a list of 140 electricity projects that will be fast tracked and have access to a funding pot of €5.85 billion (US$7.9 billion) including a new UK storage installation and interconnections with Ireland.

UK-based solar distributor Waxman Energy has signed a new distribution agreement with Hanwha Q Cells, part of the South Korean Hanwha Group.

Automotive connector and heated glazing manufacturer Strip Tinning has opened a new prototype line that produces string ribbon for solar cells.

Lightsource Renewable Energy and Investec Bank have announced the refinancing of four solar farms with a total capacity of 38MW across the UK.

A claim brought forward by Portuguese thermodynamic module manufacturer Energie EST Lda against the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has been dismissed.

Rob Shaw the director of sustainability and climate change at LDA Design believes that solar farm developers should heed Greg Barker’s warnings and take an ‘environment-led approach’ to site-selection.