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Yesterday morning we uncovered the news that Government was set to lock in the future of the UK solar industry by publishing what feed-in tariff rates will look like until at least April 1, 2012. Offering some much-needed, long-awaited, certainty to our extremely frustrated industry, the announcement has brought a welcome...
As soon as DECC announced its intention to reduce feed-in tariff payments by more than 50 percent, with a cut-off date of December 12, the UK solar industry sprung into action. Some begun campaigning against the proposal, claiming it would damage the future of UK solar beyond repair, while most others prepared to work 24 hour days to complete projects before the cut-off point. Now, with more than 126MW added in on week alone, we face...
As New Year arrived I’m sure many of you reading this will have joined me in a collective sigh of relief as we left the turbulent UK solar industry of 2011 behind, looking forward to a more positive and (with any luck) stable market in 2012. But, at this time of great uncertainty, what really lies ahead?
Today Friends of the Earth and two solar companies have won their case against the unforeseen December 12 cut-off point – but is this really a “victory” for the UK solar industry, or have we been plonked between a rock and a hard place?
As each and every one of you is painfully aware, on October 31 this year the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) announced Phase 1 of its consultation on feed-in tariffs, which revealed a 50 percent reduction to the current incentive rates for solar photovoltaics. While most of the post-consultation coverage focused on these cuts, a lot of our readers have also expressed concern over the new potential EPC requirements.
Yesterday morning I sat awestruck – along with my fellow commuters – as we read the morning papers and learned that unemployment figures for under 25s have now topped a staggering one million. For many of those working in the UK this figure will generate indignation of sorts, but for the UK solar industry...
After sitting at my desk for the best part of half an hour refreshing my screen, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) finally published what we have all been waiting for: the consultation on the comprehensive review of feed-in tariffs. Shortly after 10.30am the new rates were announced, and the UK solar...
As the UK solar industry crosses off another day in the lead-up to the Comprehensive Review, many are beginning to worry that we are in for another fast-track review. The question is, how damaging would this really be? In a bid to find out what the future might hold, I’ve taken a look at the large-scale solar story post-drastic feed-in tariff (FiT) reductions.
Thanks to the scaremongering tactics of the UK press, trade or otherwise, my phone has been ringing off the hook all morning. With wild claims that the feed-in tariff rates for microgeneration-level solar energy will be slashed to just 9p, today’s media has all but knocked the stuffing out of an already nervous UK solar industry.
I’m not ashamed to admit that when it comes to football: I’m a bit of a girl. I don’t fully understand the off-side rule, I can’t reel off last weekend’s results and I spend most of my spectating hoping...
