Northfield UK Solar, developer of the 50MW RAF Desborough solar farm which received final planning approval earlier this week, has criticised the government over the uncertainty surrounding its Contracts for Difference scheme.
London-based energy and environment merchant bank Turquoise’s Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF) has realised the successful exit of Colchester-based solar developer and EPC contractor, Push Energy.
The Department for Energy and Climate Change’s feed-in tariff proposals were released this morning and quickly caught the ire of the entire UK renewables sector
Renewable distributor, Waxman Energy has joined together with Renewable Energy Investments to host two open days designed to help installers understand the opportunity in the commercial rooftop market.
Proposed changes to the small-scale feed-in tariff unveiled today by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) would wipe more than 6GW off the UK’s renewable generation capacity by 2021, the majority of which would be solar.
The government is proposing to slash the feed-in tariff rates for solar by as much as 87% come January 2016 – a move the industry has widely condemned.
Republic of Ireland-based potato farming firm O’Shea Farms is aiming to install a 250kWp installation on the roofs of two of its buildings next month, claiming the development to be the “largest plant so far in the Republic”.
