Solar

International renewables agency teams up with Asian Development Bank to accelerate rollout of cost-effective rural energy projects

Company selected to build 2.4MW Hampshire solar farm by West Solent Solar Cooperative

SolarAid drops price of solar lamps by 16 per cent following move by MPs to cut cost of renewable energy products

Sage of Omaha says Berkshire Hathaway holding company could invest a further $15bn in wind and solar power projects

David Casale of clean tech-focused merchant bank Turquoise International argues that solar power could revolutionise the global energy market

Communities Secretary blocks a further two solar farm projects, fuelling fears of a war on renewables

New LCA To Go tool from Ecodesign Centre Wales aims to improve payback time for small solar arrays

Power produced by new 100MW plant - thought to be largest in Latin America - purchased by metals company CAP Group

Renewable energy groups also concerned planning rejections undermine government's community renewable energy strategy

Guardian reports government is planning new legislation to give communities the right to take a stake in local renewables projects