The UK’s largest renewable energy developer, Lightsource Renewable Energy, has passed a new batch of projects to its investment partner, Octopus Investments.
Former energy secretary Ed Davey has claimed that the Conservative government’s claims of an overspend within the Levy Control Framework (LCF) are “bogus”.
Solar could provide as much power as Hinkley Point C at half the cost, the Solar Trade Association (STA) has claimed as criticism of an expected nuclear agreement with China continues to mount.
Energy minister Andrea Leadsom has insisted that proposed cuts to the feed-in tariff are not a foregone conclusion and claimed alternative support policies are in the pipeline.
Live text coverage of energy minister Andrea Leadsom’s evidence session before the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee this morning, where she will discuss the government’s subsidy reset and its impacts on investor confidence and jobs.
Proposed cuts to the small-scale feed-in tariff are placing up to £127 million worth of community projects at risk, Community Energy England (CEE) has claimed.
The net cost of wind and solar incurred by the government was almost two-thirds (58%) less than costs reflected in the Levy Control Framework, a report by renewables utility Good Energy has claimed.
