The Committee on Climate Change’s fifth carbon budget, published today, establishes that the UK would need to develop multiple gigawatts of solar capacity to meet spiralling, low-carbon demand.
The European Commission’s request for information on panel manufacturers last week indicates that the policy cogs are beginning to turn, and the future of the controversial minimum import price could soon be up for debate.
All the reaction to yesterday’s Spending Review announcements, including the planned reformation of ECO, changes to the Renewable Heat Incentive and scrapping of the Carbon Capture and Storage scheme.
The government is to spend millions on a national energy efficiency programme targeting public sector buildings over the next five years, which could include solar installations.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has submitted to cuts of 22% over the next four years but has been granted a doubling of its innovation fund.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change quietly slashed its renewables capacity forecast out to 2035, new analysis conducted by Carbon Brief has claimed.
A busy day for the renewables industry as all eyes are on chancellor George Osborne and his autumn statement, while a Westminster Hall Debate on the future of clean energy investment kicks off at 9:30am.
Community Energy England and its counterparts in Wales and Scotland have begun legal action against HM Treasury over the decision to make community energy projects exempt from tax relief schemes.
