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Creating yet more green jobs throughout the UK, South Yorkshire solar power company A Shade Greener and sister company Nationwide Solar are planning to increase their workforce from 120 to 300 throughout 2011.

The Cornish town of Wadebridge is to become home to a new solar scheme, launched to finance and promote enough solar power to generate 30% of the town’s needs by 2015.

Leading German project developer juwi, which announced its entry into the UK solar market in August this year, has named Birmingham as the location for its subsidiary “juwi Renewable Energies Ltd.” Over the next two years, juwi is expected to install over 60MW…

Worthy Farm, home to Britain’s most famous music festival, Glastonbury, is now also known for its new solar photovoltaic array, installed on top of one of its cowsheds.

During Parliamentary Questions yesterday (November 11) the Minister of State for Climate Change, Gregg Barker delivered what could be a tremendous blow for the UK solar industry. As with any discussion on climate change at present, it wasn’t long before the topic of feed-in tariffs (FiT) came up…

One of the UK's largest installations of photovoltaic (PV) cells on a historic building has been fitted to the roof of the National Trust's carriage museum at Arlington Court near Barnstaple in Devon.

Larkfleet Group companies Lark Energy and FE Peacock Construction have completed a solar photovoltaics installation at Limes Farm in Bourne, Lincolnshire.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published its business plan for the course of the current parliament, outlining its priorities over the coming five years and establishing a timeline for the roll out of its key policy proposals.

Almost 4,000 employees at Cornish roof contractor ROK will be concerned about their future this morning as the company falls into administration. Months after revealing ‘serious failings’ in the financial control of its plumbing arm the company has struggled to stay afloat.

Scottish Southern Energy (SSE) has launched a new solar photovoltaic offering for its customers, enabling them to benefit from free renewable electricity. Following in the footsteps of the likes of A Shade Greener and ISIS Solar, SSE will install solar for free, and will reap the reward of the feed-in tariff.