Blogs

Finlay Colville, head of market intelligence at Solar Media, analyses what recent policy announcements mean for the future of the UK’s ground-mount market and asks just how could be install in the year commencing 1 April 2016

Both UK prime minister David Cameron and US president Barack Obama discussed their countries’ climate records yesterday but, as Liam Stoker writes, only one leader emerged as having any interest in leaving a green legacy.

Finlay Colville, head of market intelligence at Solar Intelligence, discusses the threat to ground-mount solar targeting RO grace period following last month’s consultation response.

Europe’s solar sector has been handed a somewhat unwanted Christmas present in the form of a fresh set of duties on solar imports from Asia. Ben Willis reports.

Solar Intelligence’s Finlay Colville investigates the minor change to wording inside DECC’s consultation response which could see as much as 1GW of ground-mount solar fail to qualify for grace

Bob Mills, UK sales manager at LG Solar, discusses yesterday’s feed-in tariff announcement and its likely impact given similar policy decisions made across central Europe.

Yesterday’s feed-in tariff announcements, while still representing a 64% cut, could’ve been substantially worse and Finlay Colville argues that the UK solar sector owes a great deal of gratitude to the efforts of trade associations and the wider lobby.

John Parnell discusses the current government’s carbon track record after contributing towards what has been touted as an historic agreement in Paris last weekend.

Ahead of this week’s feed-in tariff consultation response, Solar Intelligence’s Finlay Colville looks into the UK as a possible low-subsidy market of the future and whether or not it will reach the gigawatt level

Amber Rudd might have been campaigning for an international climate deal this week but her department’s lack of clear message on the MIP, VAT, FiT and everything in between has left UK solar – and the wider environmental lobby – in a state of flux.