The European Commission has yet to act on last year’s ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that the reduced rate of VAT on solar panels is illegal, and appears to have no plans to do so following the publication of a VAT action plan.
Anesco has topped a list of Britain’s top 100 private firms with the fastest-growing profits after three years of growth led to the company reaching £21 million in operating profits in 2015.
Chinese battery giant BYD is to launch a residential battery system for the UK market and host a series of training events for installers later this month.
Local authorities are still willing and able to invest in solar energy if installers can make the business case to do so, according to Nottingham City councillor Alan Clark.
The next mayor of London should set the capital a target of deploying 750MW of solar by 2025, a new report by the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) has said.
Lightsource chief executive Nick Boyle talks to Solar Power Portal about the firm’s direction after the government’s subsidy reset, including its burgeoning operations and maintenance business and possible forays into the secondary market.
