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NextEnergy Solar Fund has added a further £42 million to its acquisition firepower after closing a tap share issue programme.

Employment in the UK’s domestic solar industry has contracted by approximately one-third in the last year against a backdrop of subsidy cuts and other policy interventions, and further job losses are strongly expected.

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has claimed that the green economy could offer vital support for a post-Brexit Britain and create thousands of additional jobs.

Following the closure of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, an energy and climate change select committee member has all but confirmed the disbanding of the group.

Solar Power Portal runs through this week’s people news from within UK solar including changes at the top of Anesco and Absolute Solar and Wind, as well as the likely new ministerial appointments to the energy brief at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Insurance giant Chubb is to bolster its UK-facing clean tech portfolio by launching a new product aimed at owners of solar plants.

Lark Energy has secured a UK patent for a new renewable solar thermal technology to create steam for industrial processes.

Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) firm Romag has been bought by glazing company Clayton Glass from social housing provider Gentoo, which is seeking to focus more heavily on its core housing activity.

Solarwatt’s Pol Spronck explains to Solar Power Portal why the company has come to the UK and what installers can expect from the solar storage manufacturer as it prepares to roll out into the residential market.

Scottish energy minister Paul Wheelhouse is said to be seeking urgent talks with the UK government following its decision to scrap the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in favour of a new business-led department.