Over 9,500 Green Deal assessments were lodged in April according to the latest statistics released by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
Lightsource Renewable Energy, the UK’s largest solar developer, is planning to install a 5.4MW solar farm across 16 hectares of land at Crapnell Farm near Wells.
The potential imposition of punitive duties on all Chinese-manufactured solar products has caused British Solar Renewables to re-evaluate its planned £300 million investment in the sector.
The mass roll-out of smart meters has been delayed by a year following concerns that the industry is not fully prepared to implement the technology across 30 million UK homes.
Solar developer Orta Solar has launched a fierce attack on the European Commission’s proposals to recommend trade levies of between 40% and 70% to all imported Chinese solar products.
UK trade body the Solar Trade Association (STA) has said it is “very disappointed” by the European Commission’s proposals to impose between 37.2% and 67.9% tariffs on Chinese solar module manufacturers.
