Governmental cuts to renewable energy does not create innovation in the sector according to Lord Deben, as the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) chairman also took aim at the lack of transparency behind recent environmental policy decisions.
Peter Bennett, editor of Solar Power Portal, and sister publications Next Energy News and Solar Business Focus UK, is to step down from his role today.
Berkshire-based PS Renewables is “confident” of developing its 50MW Eveley Solar Farm at grid-parity in the near future and said there are still options available for utility-scale solar projects of similar scale in the UK.
National Grid chief executive Steve Holliday has said that government cuts to renewable energy subsidies will not disrupt the UK’s shift away from centralised power towards distributed generation.
Carmarthenshire County Council has abandoned plans to install solar panels on approximately 2,700 council homes following Department for Energy and Climate Change proposals to slash the small-scale feed-in tariff.
London’s iconic Tate Modern will soon be generating its own renewable electricity after the gallery revealed that it will install an 82kWp solar array this month.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has confirmed that it will remove pre-accreditation for all new participants in the feed-in tariff system from 1 October 2015.
Chester-based compliance support service provider, Qualitick, has urged installers to counter the government’s proposed cuts by exploring energy storage and maximising installs between now and the New Year.
