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Government wants to treble the amount of DG, including at least 3.15 GW of rooftop solar. The 15 GW total figure would represent a 50 per cent rise on the 10 GW installed in 2014.

UK solar had them shouting from the rooftops this week, there was plenty to ponder after the WFES in Abu Dhabi, good news from Chile and President Obama’s meeting with Narendra Modi gave us the excuse to upload a picture of The Moody Blues… ask your parents.

The training program helping former gang members turn over a new leaf will provide labor for 8minutenergy and sPower’s three solar installations in Kern County.

The German renewable energy company has signed a distribution pact with the Israeli PV equipment supplier to carry its inverter systems.

Chief energy analyst at the U.S. Energy Information Administration sees no direct threat to renewable energy in the face of plunging oil values.

The federal government is using the pilot tender scheme to gain experience as it gradually transforms the country’s entire support system for renewable energy.

Data from DECC reveals U.K. ended 2014 with 5 GW of cumulative solar capacity, having ended 2013 with just shy of 2.8 GW installed.

The South American nation installed 22.5 MW from January to November last year.

The two companies are exploring opportunities in additional states, such as Texas and Massachusetts. The growing trend in view of the fact that many potential buyers of rooftop solar systems lack well-suited properties for on-site PV arrays.

The Enel Green Power project is the fourth that Soltec is developing in the Andean country, bringing its accumulated installed capacity to 170 MW in the South American market.