Ethical investment platform Abundance has launched a new solar investment opportunity which aims to install 500 rooftop solar installations under the Green Deal, taking its available renewable energy investment portfolio to £4 million.
British energy storage start-up Powervault is aiming to become the leading energy storage provider in the UK after raising £700,000 through crowd-funding platform Crowdcube.
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Amber Rudd has said the Conservative government “does not want large-scale solar” as MPs clashed over the recent decision to bring a premature end to onshore wind subsidies.
With just five months until Prime Minister David Cameron and Secretary of State Amber Rudd head the British mission to Paris for the COP 21 summit, Dale Vince says the renewables industry is not being outspoken enough.
The Conservative government is being “fundamentally dishonest” over its support for renewable energy and the reasoning behind subsidy cuts, Ecotricity founder Dale Vince has said.