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Nominations for the Solar Power Portal Awards 2017 are now open, and the commercial rooftop PV award returns once again as the ceremony enters its fifth successive year.

Centrica has begun its recruitment drive for businesses and homes wishing to participate in its local energy market trial in Cornwall.

The UK government must act urgently to support greater flexibility in the country’s power system or risk escalating system costs, the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) has warned.

The Sunshine tariff project testing the ability of time of use (ToU) tariffs to promote domestic demand side response (DSR) has been completed with mixed results, suggesting homeowners are not able to shift enough demand to offset the need for grid upgrades.

Centrica has launched a new venture – ‘Centrica Innovations’ – which is to invest £100 million in developing new energy technologies.

Businesses across the world are being urged to embrace and accept third party sustainability standards in order to properly contribute towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed at COP21.

The Climate Group has named Helen Clarkson, currently serving as interim chief operating officer at Forum for the Future, as its new chief executive following the departure of Mark Kenber in June last year.

Transport for London (TfL) is preparing the imminent launch of a tendering process for new solar installations on its own buildings.