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A hard Brexit would run the risk of endangering the UK's progress towards a more decarbonised and secure power market, a think tank in the country has warned.

A reverse solar auction is to be run for London homeowners under plans outlined by the mayor Sadiq Khan today, which place community energy schemes at the centre of the city authority’s plans while shutting the door once and for all on a rumoured London feed-in tariff.

BayWa r.e. the renewable energies business unit of diversified German company BayWa has significantly increased revenue in the first half of 2017, having developed and sold PV power plants and increased sales of PV modules and inverters by around 50%, compared to the prior year period.

Solar Media's head of market research Finlay Colville delves back into the UK's vast network of planning portals to uncover the incredible scope of subsidy-free solar farms entering the planning phase, and discusses their build potential as UK solar enters its next phase.

Leading asset management group BlackRock has taken its Renewable Income UK fund up to £1.1 billion (US$1.43 billion), making it one of the largest single investments in renewable energy.

Hive Energy has revealed it is planning to build a solar farm in the UK without subsidy support next summer.

UK-based flexible organic photovoltaics (OPV) thin-film start-up Eight19 has secured a new round of funding totalling £1.3 million (US$1.69 million).

UK-headquartered multicrystalline solar wafer producer PV Crystalox Solar has confirmed plans to completely close its multicrystalline ingot/brick production facilities in Oxford, UK.

A total of US$35.6 billion was invested in solar energy worldwide in Q2 this year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

Today the UK celebrates Solar Independence Day. Liam Stoker looks at how the market is bouncing back from subsidy cuts.