business rates

Naked Solar is looking to expand its team, as VAT reductions, Supertax reductions for businesses and rising electricity bills lead to “a significant Solar Boom”.

VAT on residential solar panels has been cut to zero in the Spring Statement, unveiled today (23 March) by Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

A Guarantee Scheme, financial support and options for surplus energy would all boost domestic solar uptake.

Solar Energy UK has lent its weight to calls for renewable deployment targets as part of “urgent action” needed to decarbonise Britain’s grid.

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A coalition of business associations have come together to demand solar exception from ‘punitive business rates’.

UK energy trade bodies – including the Solar Trade Association and Regen – are calling on the Treasury to implement tax relief for clean energy technologies.

The Solar Trade Association (STA) has called on the UK government to target 40GW of solar capacity by 2030.

As many as 91% of solar arrays are underperforming in the UK, according to a recent survey by independent power and energy consultant Roadnight Taylor.

Solar Power Portal chatted to Richard Palmer, a senior consultant at independent power and energy consultancy Roadnight Taylor about what needs to change to make business rates work for solar.