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MCS has appointed the Insulation Assurance Authority (IAA) as a certification body for the installation of small-scale renewables.

Farmers without solar panels could miss out on up to £1 billion over the next two years, according to new research from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).

The new windfall tax on electricity generators will not impact Atrato Onsite Energy, the company has announced.

The solar sector has criticised the introduction of a windfall tax on electricity generators, which it has warned could have a ‘perverse’ impact on the sector.

Despite leadership changes, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is still intending to review land use categories with regards to solar development, it has confirmed.

The world’s largest solar manufacturer Tongwei Solar (Hefei) Co., Ltd has appointed Polysolar Ltd as its sales agent for the United Kingdom.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a windfall tax on electricity generators at a rate of 45%.

Market intelligence company Cornwall Insight has warned that extending the windfall tax to renewable energy companies such as solar power funds would be disproportionate to profits.

Good Energy Limited and F&S Energy Limited are set to pay a total of £800,000 in compensation to Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) customers.