The UK government is opposed to the European Union’s minimum import price (MIP) on solar modules and has lobbied the European Commission on the matter, energy secretary Amber Rudd has confirmed.
Leading figures from the UK solar industry have rounded on George Osborne and claimed he is responsible for the “incredible destruction” being experienced throughout the renewables sector.
Amber Rudd has refuted suggestions that HM Treasury is running energy policy during what turned out to be a difficult session before the select committee for the energy secretary.
Ireland has today set out a raft of clean energy policies and support mechanisms designed to reduce carbon emissions from its energy sector by up to 95% by 2050, with solar to play a central role.
Furniture retailer IKEA has hinted at incorporating complementary technologies such as storage and solar thermal into its UK offering when it relaunches early next year.
An Energy and Climate Change select committee panel has warned that the UK faces the same kind of solar downturn witnessed in Spain and Italy if the government follows through on prospective cuts to solar.
Custom Solar has entered into a new partnership with Derbyshire County Cricket Club that will see 550 solar panels installed at the 3aaa County Ground.
Energy secretary Amber Rudd has dismissed the government’s need to conduct a u-turn on its cuts to clean energy policy following last week’s COP21 summit agreement in Paris.
The UK arm of international solar developer Conergy has launched a solar schools initiative with the development of a 60kWp installation on a school in West Bromwich.
The Renewable Energy Association has slammed the results of an auction held to ensure the country has enough available capacity to avoid blackouts, with 153MW of energy storage bidding unsuccessfully in the tender.
