Solar Media Staff

In the wake of industry-changing announcements from DECC today, solar industry insiders were invited to a roundtable discussion with Greg Barker at the Department’s offices. The meeting was called to gauge industry’s reaction and explain DECC’s ambitions for solar in the UK.

DECC’s Phase 2A consultation document, which outlines proposals for a new cost-control mechanism, includes a number of other options that Government is looking to introduce, namely; reducing the tariff lifetime from 25 years to 20, raising the export tariff rate and introducing a different indexation method for tariff levels.

On February 9, DECC launched a consultation on its decision to move the FiT scheme towards a tariff structure that is able to respond directly to levels of deployment, replicating a successful model that has been deployed in Germany.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published its response to the controversial Phase 1 consultation on solar photovoltaic feed-in tariffs.

Tomorrow DECC will publish its long-anticipated response to the consultation on its controversial cuts to the solar feed-in tariff rate,  mapping out the future route of the solar industry.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published a report outlining the projected costs of solar photovoltaics in a bid to work out how to set the future feed-in tariff rates. The Solar PV Cost Update, which was compiled by Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), was put together in just four days, prompting fears that Government is yet again working with inaccurate cost data.

The Westmill Solar Cooperative, which manages the Westmill Solar Farm, a 5MW solar park covering 30 acres of land across Westmill Farm, will be launching a share issue in the coming weeks.

EvoEnergy has completed a 57.8kWp installation across three roof areas on the University of Nottingham’s main campus. The project, which was commissioned in May last year, is displayed across Lincoln Hall – one of the University’s 12 catered halls of residence.

Energy efficiency specialist Eco-Nomics has been invited to join the advisory board of BASE London – the annual event that addresses London’s low-carbon objectives.

Local energy co-operative Community Energy Warwickshire has financed its second solar PV project, combining with Eco2Solar to install a 50kWp solar array on Warwick Hospital.