Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Amber Rudd has said the Conservative government “does not want large-scale solar” as MPs clashed over the recent decision to bring a premature end to onshore wind subsidies.
With just five months until Prime Minister David Cameron and Secretary of State Amber Rudd head the British mission to Paris for the COP 21 summit, Dale Vince says the renewables industry is not being outspoken enough.
The Conservative government is being “fundamentally dishonest” over its support for renewable energy and the reasoning behind subsidy cuts, Ecotricity founder Dale Vince has said.
Council-owned buildings in Swansea are to be fitted with solar PV installations after councillors gave a community energy project the go ahead on Thursday.
Energy efficiency solutions provider Anesco has bolstered its portfolio of operational storage solutions, installing its second commercial battery at a solar farm.
Energy trade association the National Association of Professional Inspectors and Testers (NAPIT) has called on the government to leave the feed-in tariff alone in order to stimulate the domestic solar market.
Ben Ainsile Racing’s new multi-million pound HQ has been designed specifically with solar in mind. Liam Stoker finds out what drove the team to set a new sustainability benchmark
