Pressure mounts over battery storage VAT reversal as AceOn joins call
Energy storage firm AceOn has joined a call to reverse changes to VAT for the technology that came into effect in 2019.
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Up to 120GW of new solar needed for net zero as BEIS unveils white paper devoid of new PV policy
Modelling as part of the government’s long-awaited energy white paper shows that between 80-120GW of new solar could be needed by 2050 in higher scenarios.
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The good, the bad and the ugly in the UK’s green finance crusade
Few could fault the government for rallying behind clean energy funding where others demur but are vague or localised measures enough for a world with 12 years left to limit global warming?
Corporate PPAs hailed as ‘22TWh opportunity’ for UK renewables
Policy and market signals could pave way for clean energy purchase boom led by solar PV but getting smaller corporates on board will be challenging, London event hears.
Installers ‘battered’ by solar VAT increase and FiT removal, says MCS CEO
The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) is the latest to join a slew of calls for the proposed solar VAT hike to be scrapped.
Brexit and government to blame for latest fall in attractiveness of UK renewables
The UK has once again slipped down international rankings for attractive renewable energy markets after the new government’s decisions to close Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and approve Hinkley Point C “dealt a blow” to the country’s prospects.