Dulas has announced the launch of its Irish headquarters in Dublin in response to the country’s growing clean energy market and the Irish government’s targets for 2020.
Energy secretary Amber Rudd has confirmed that there are currently no plans for large-scale solar to be handed future contracts under the Contracts for Difference (CfD) mechanism.
Over 250 people are racing to complete the 50MW Wroughton Airfield solar farm almost a year after it was given the green light from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).
The London Assembly has kept the pressure on energy secretary Amber Rudd by passing a motion calling on mayor Boris Johnson to stand up for the capital’s renewables industry.
The UK will struggle to meet its climate change commitments following the government’s decision to scrap a £1 billion fund for carbon capture and storage (CCS) according to a report out today.
A panel of investors and financiers of the renewables sector have called for greater transparency and clarity regarding the Levy Control Framework (LCF) and its future after 2020.
The Solar Trade Association has said that there is a “strong case” for solar technologies to be treated the same as other energy savings materials as HMRC deliberates its consultation response.
Trade body SolarPower Europe (SPE) has said that Europe’s solar market grew 15% in 2015 with around 8GW of PV connected – around half of that coming from the UK market.
Little more than seven weeks after the government published its FiT consultation response and six months after the proposals were first publicised, today is the day the new FiT regime comes into force.
