A letter written by energy secretary Amber Rudd to European commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom before this month’s expiry review called on the European Union to “consider very carefully” the impact of the minimum import price regime.
Energy and climate change select committee chair Angus MacNeil has slammed yesterday’s cuts to both the feed-in tariff and Renewables Obligation in a letter addressed to energy secretary Amber Rudd.
Members of the community energy sector have welcomed the return of pre-accreditation as part of the government’s changes to solar subsidies, but have expressed concerns over the long-term impact of the consultation outcome.
Installers have blasted the government’s decision to reduce the feed-in tariff rate and implement deployment caps alongside a new queuing system, with one branding the policies ‘stupid and short-sighted.’
Former energy secretary Ed Davey has said that cuts to the feed-in tariff confirmed this morning form part of a “pattern” of policy decisions driven by ideology rather than evidence.
Five UK solar developers have launched legal proceedings against the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) regarding the removal of grandfathering rights under the Renewables Obligation.
The Institute for Public Policy Research’s feed-in tariff expert Jimmy Aldridge discusses this morning’s announcement and what it means for the UK’s solar industry.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has confirmed that the Renewables Obligation (RO) for new solar PV capacity of 5MW and below is to be closed a year early on 1 April 2016.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s impact assessment accompanying today’s feed-in tariff announcement has revealed that it expects there to be 5.2GW less solar deployed by 2020 and as many as 18,700 jobs to be lost in the industry.
