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The UK government has called time on solar support, onshore wind and the Green Deal at a time when the country’s democratic machinery is in snooze mode. The industry has to make an even bigger noise in order to be heard and that process starts with you.

Earlier today DECC released its monthly stats for PV deployment in the UK. DECC is sizing the market as of 30 June 2015 at 7.75GW, and is putting Q2’15 deployment at approximately 200MW.

Rexel’s Jerry Hamilton says that a smooth transition will prove key if the UK is to achieve subsidy-free solar

The first part of the two-blog feature on EPCs in the UK solar industry revealed the top 10 EPCs with Solarcentury and Grupotec joint leaders. Part two now discusses the share contributions of the top 10, the importance of lower tier EPC companies, and what the future has in store.

If there was one clear takeaway from the consultation and impact assessment releases by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today, it would be – the government does not want any more solar farms as of today.

In the first of a two part blog on EPCs in the UK solar industry, the top 10 EPCs are revealed. Part two discusses the share contributions of the Top-10 and the importance of lower tier EPC companies.

The renewables industry is in turbulent times. The surprise removal of the Climate Change Levy Exemption status, the closure of the Renewables Obligation to onshore wind, the imminent review of the feed-in tariff, the overspending of the Levy Control Framework and its implications for the second round of of Contacts for Difference (CfDs) are just a few current issues. It seems politics rather than pragmatism is calling the tune on renewables policy.

Normally, when an industry shifts from cottage to mainstream, the companies that held lead positions in the early days are rarely the ones on top several years down the line. You can look at almost any industry or sector for clear examples of this, going back as far as you want.

We ran a piece yesterday on Solar Power Portal, Revealed – the leading project developers of UK solar farms, showing the relative rankings of the top 120 project developers in the UK, out of a total of just over 180 the details of which can be found in the newly released go-to client database from Solar Media.

Twenty years’ ago, Professor Sue Roaf had an ambition to power her home from the energy generated by the sun.