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A joint venture firm has been created between First Solar and BELECTRIC to pursue the building of PV power plants in Europe, North Africa and the US.

Solar has once again proved to be the most popular renewable technology amongst Brits according to results of surveys by both the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the BBC.

Foresight Solar Fund, a new investment fund, has announced a £200 million share offering aimed at investing in large-scale solar schemes.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has announced the acquisition of a solar farm project in Norfolk from developer Solarcentury.

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) and Hermes have announced the acquisition of a 40% shareholding in Anesco.

A new report published today has stressed the important role that renewables must play in the UK’s transition to low carbon energy supply.

Sharp’s European PV module manufacturing operations, based in Wrexham, are running at near full nameplate capacity of 400MW, due to demand across Europe in the residential market, according to the company.

Proposals to install a 12MW solar farm near Berwick have been submitted to Wealden District Council for approval.

Environmental think tank, Green Alliance, has released a report calling for communities to receive the benefits from generating their own renewable energy.

Solar-powered catamaran MS Turanor Planetsolar, considered to be the largest solar ship in the world, is in the UK, where it will be docked at Canary Wharf in London. It is the first time the ship has visited the country.