The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has confirmed that the Levy Control Framework (LCF) will run beyond the previous deadline of 2020, offering at least some assurance in an otherwise grey day for the renewables industry.
If there was one clear takeaway from the consultation and impact assessment releases by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today, it would be – the government does not want any more solar farms as of today.
Renewable Obligation support for solar farms under 5MW will be scrapped after 1 April 2016, under Department of Energy and Climate Change plans outlined today.
Support for sub-5MW solar farms could be in line for cuts as part of the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s rumoured “big reset” of green subsidies, according to the Telegraph.
Energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd said she was “acutely aware of the need for certainty” within the renewables sector and confirmed discussions with the Treasury regarding the future of the Levy Control Framework.
Reports that solar is facing a cut in subsidies have reached fever pitch, with the industry bracing itself for the worst. But does a cut in subsidy mean a drop in support for solar in Westminster?
Energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd has heaped fresh doubt over the future of the government’s Contracts for Difference subsidy mechanism and confirmed there is to be an announcement on the feed-in tariff “shortly”.
Exeter-based solar installer, SunGift Energy has called on the government to maintain its solar subsidy commitments in the wake of persistent rumours that the government is rethinking green subsidies.
The majority of the £70 million of savings the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was ordered to find by Chancellor George Osborne will be sourced from cuts to energy efficiency subsidies, the department’s annual report has revealed.
