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Lightsource liaises with local community over Wells 5.4MW solar farm
Lightsource Renewable Energy, the UK’s largest solar developer, is planning to install a 5.4MW solar farm across 16 hectares of land at Crapnell Farm near Wells.
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Study exposes ‘major flaws’ in case against Chinese solar duties
A new report has called into question claims that trade duties could result in 38,600 UK job losses and cost the economy £3.46 billion.
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EU duties risks British Solar Renewables’ £300 million UK solar pipeline
The potential imposition of punitive duties on all Chinese-manufactured solar products has caused British Solar Renewables to re-evaluate its planned £300 million investment in the sector.
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Orta Solar warns that EU levy risks £180 million worth of UK solar projects
Solar developer Orta Solar has launched a fierce attack on the European Commission’s proposals to recommend trade levies of between 40% and 70% to all imported Chinese solar products.
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Report: European Commission will recommend tariffs on Chinese solar products
The European Union could be set to impose significant duties on all imported Chinese solar PV modules and associated key components, according to various reports.
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Report: EU low carbon infrastructure investment is ‘urgently required’
Investment in energy projects across Europe has been hampered by a lack of clear EU policy, according to the House of Lords EU Sub-Committee for Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy.
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STA joins eight other European solar associations to fight Chinese solar duties
The Solar Trade Association (STA) has joined the voices of eight other solar trade associations from across Europe to call on the European Commission to stop its anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations against Chinese solar manufacturers.
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Updated: STA launches #TweetforHeat RHI campaign
The Solar Trade Association (STA) is calling on Twitter users to put pressure on the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to address the domestic-scale renewable heat market.
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Solar remains most popular renewable technology with the UK public
The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s latest public attitudes tracker results show that solar remains the most popular form of renewable energy generation amongst the British public.
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Solar PV strategy will be finalised in the ‘coming weeks’
The UK solar industry may only have to wait a matter of weeks before government publishes its first ever solar PV strategy.
