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.
In the first of a two part blog on EPCs in the UK solar industry, the top 10 EPCs are revealed. Part two discusses the share contributions of the Top-10 and the importance of lower tier EPC companies.
Media leaks and anonymous briefings on cuts to renewable energy subsidies from the UK government are undermining investor confidence the UK market, Solarcentury head of public affairs Seb Berry has said.
