The Department of Energy and Climate Change has claimed that the average cost of installing solar PV increased at the start of the year, coinciding with a stark reduction in feed-in tariff subsidies.

Nominations for this year’s Solar Power Portal Awards, sponsored by Trina Solar, are currently open. Returning for its fourth consecutive year, the Solar Power Portal Awards will take place on 5 October during the Clean Energy Live exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC.

Energy efficiency consumers are tightening their spending plans according to a new survey which found that median expenditure on a project had reached its lowest point in almost four years.

Nissan has completed a new solar farm at its manufacturing site in Sunderland which alongside ten existing wind turbines will supply 7% of the of the plant’s electricity requirements.

Limited sustainability investment activity is putting decarbonisation in the commercial sector out of step with global progress and, more importantly, national targets for emissions reduction according to a new report.

Gatwick Airport has cut its energy use by over 16% since 2010 as it progresses towards a target of 20% by 2020.

Electrical manufacturer Legrand has strengthened its lighting control business by acquiring the London-based CP Electronics.

A year-long energy reduction scheme for Land Securities has exceeded expectations by cutting energy use by almost a tenth across a number of the company’s London properties.

Northumbrian Water has signed a long-term power purchase agreement with solar developer Lightsource for a 250kW solar array at its Bran Sands waste water treatment plant.

Clean Energy News takes a closer look at this year’s awards categories with the closure of the nominations window fast approaching