EAC calls for minimum floor price for ‘flawed’ Smart Export Guarantee
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is calling for the introduction of a floor price above zero for the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) to help support community energy.
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Moixa’s Irish solar-plus-storage offer with Energia to expand to wider customer base
Following a successful first phase, Moixa’s partnership with Energia is to now offer solar and storage to a wider customer base.
Richmond Council joins Solar Together scheme to offer discounted solar
The Solar Together scheme offers residents the opportunity to buy solar panels at a discounted rate through a group buying scheme, with Richmond Council the latest to join.
Green Homes Grant will take ten years to rollout at current rate warns EAC
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has warned that at its current rate, it will take ten years to meet the government’s Green Homes Grant target.
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Ticking along: How the SEG has fared in its first year
As the Smart Export Guarantee turns a year old, Solar Power Portal takes a look back at how it came to be and what the last year has been like under the scheme.
So Energy Solar System launches as company aims to ‘go further’
Challenger supplier So Energy has launched a solar and storage offering called the So Energy Solar System.
Domestic solar installations ‘snowball’ through lockdown
Cornwall based installer Naked Solar talked to Solar Power Portal about operating through the COVID-19 lockdown, and the impact it has had on domestic solar installations.
LCOE costs of solar PV continue to plummet in BEIS forecasts
New statistics published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) show another significant drop in the expected costs of solar out to 2040, with figures for the expected costs of storage technologies also released.
Residential solar boosts house prices by average of £30,000
The value of residential solar has been touted after new research revealed that the technology can boost the value of houses by over £30,000.
MCS and STA team up to offer joint membership benefits
The Solar Trade Association (STA) is joining forces with the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) for a new offering.
Social Energy comes out on top as Shell issues 0.001p/kWh SEG
Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) tariffs have been unveiled after the legislation came into full effect yesterday (1 January 2020), with pricing ranging wildly from Social Energy's 5.6p per kWh down to the barely-compliant 0.001p per kWh that Shell Energy is offering.
Shell to launch ‘upgraded’ SEG tariff ‘later in 2020’ as suppliers gear up for 1 January deadline
Shell Energy’s Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) tariff is to launch later in 2020 than the 1 January implementation date, it told Solar Power Portal.
Solarwatt unveils solar powered electric vehicle charging offering
Solarwatt is launching a smart solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging offering in the UK in partnership with Austrian e-mobility solutions manufacturer Keba.
E.On offers £400 discount on roof-integrated solar for one-week period
E.On has unveiled a limited-time discount on one of its solar offering of £400 as Black Friday sales kick off.
Lib Dems unveil manifesto, pledging to remove barriers to solar
The Liberal Democrats party has released its manifesto for the upcoming general election, promising to ramp up support for renewables.
HIES scheme to be ‘proactive’ in working with installers as new MD appointed
The Home Insulation & Energy Systems contractors scheme (HIES) is to take a fresh approach with the appointment of a new managing director.
Low carbon tech ‘vital’ to Future Homes Standard as solar’s role is talked up
Solar could play a pivotal role in the government’s proposed Future Homes Standard, with a more ambitious option for carbon emission reductions in new build housing preferred.
STA calls for export tariffs before 1 January deadline
The Solar Trade Association (STA) has issued an open letter to suppliers calling for export tariffs before the 1 January 2020 deadline.
‘Nothing to be celebrated’: SEG receives lukewarm response
Details of the government’s Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) emerged earlier this week, eliciting responses that range from calling it “better than nothing” to welcoming an end to the “ongoing tragedy” of the policy gap between the feed-in tariff (FiT) and the SEG.
Eco2Solar partners Sunamp for solar-plus-storage heating pilot
Eco2Solar has partnered heat battery firm Sunamp to deliver a solar PV-powered domestic heating pilot.
HMRC solar VAT proposals will hinder country’s net zero target, CCC says
HM Revenue & Custom proposals to increase VAT on solar panels will hinder the country’s progress towards a net zero economy, Committee on Climate Change (CCC) chief Chris Stark has said.