Solar Hub

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

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

Industry figures shows China added more solar energy than all of Europe where subsidy cuts hampered installations

Solar plane takes first step towards round-the-world mission by completing inaugural test flight in Switzerland

Researchers call for new tax that would take account of significantly bigger carbon footprint of Chinese solar modules

Move hailed as major milestone in transition towards distributed energy supplies and a low carbon economy

Industry figures show household PV systems overtook commercial installations for the first time in the first three months of 2014