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The Conservative government has shown a complete lack of respect by leaking details of subsidy cuts via unofficial press briefings, something which is just further evidence of a double-standard when it comes to its attitude to energy generation, Liam Stoker writes.

At this year’s awards, we’ll be asking you the industry to help install solar at a hospital in Uganda, an install that could literally save lives.

The government’s dismantling of solar support is not only spooking investors but will also fail to translate into cheaper bills for the wider public, warns Abid Kazim.

The government’s dismantling of solar support is not only spooking investors but will also fail to translate into cheaper bills for the wider public, warns Abid Kazim.

The government’s dismantling of solar support is not only spooking investors but will also fail to translate into cheaper bills for the wider public, warns Abid Kazim.

The government’s dismantling of solar support is not only spooking investors but will also fail to translate into cheaper bills for the wider public, warns Abid Kazim.

The government’s dismantling of solar support is not only spooking investors but will also fail to translate into cheaper bills for the wider public, warns Abid Kazim.

Much has been said and many column inches dedicated to just what the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s proposed changes to renewable energy subsidies will do to the industry itself. But more often than not the secondary victims – those outside of the industry and, as a result, overlooked – will be hit just as hard, writes Liam Stoker.

According to the latest release of Solar Media’s UK Ground-Mount Report 3 – Opportunity Pipeline report, the UK’s pipeline of large-scale solar farms (>250kW) has grown now to 3.3GW. This is due mainly to an increase in applications received by LPAs on 22 July, and an uptick in rejected (or called-in) sites to appeals.

Parker Dann Town Planning Consultancy’s Debbie Marriage discusses how the joint DECC/DCLG statement on fast-tracking proposals will put even more pressure on not just the energy industry, but on local planning authorities, housing developers and other sectors too.