Clean Energy

The cost of installing domestic solar in the UK has charted an erratic path over the last year since feed-in tariff (FiT) cuts were enacted in January 2016, with a swing of almost £200 per kilowatt at various points.

There is now just ONE WEEK remaining to nominate your projects for this year’s Solar Power Portal Awards.

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has claimed it wants a diverse energy market involving solar, but would repeal the Climate Change Act claiming it to have “no basis in science”.

Ecotricity has announced plans for a pilot storage project near its head office in Stroud in the company’s first move into utility scale storage.

The Green Deal Finance Company (GDFC) is seeking to raise up to £5 million to accelerate the roll-out of its new offering as it prepares to open new loans to UK homeowners.

Western Power Distribution (WPD) has launched a consultation seeking views on the potential growth of energy storage on its distribution network after receiving an ‘unprecedented’ 8GW of applications in the last 18 months.

The Solar Trade Association (STA) will seek to work with the next government to almost double the UK’s solar capacity by 2022 with an overall aim to reach the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) goal of 40GW of solar by 2030.

The Conservative Party has omitted any mention of solar PV in its second consecutive general election manifesto.

Renewables distributor CCL Energy has set its sights on significant turnover growth after acquiring Firefly Solar Generators.

The UK has rejoined the top ten most attractive countries for investment in renewables according to ‘Big Four’ consultancy EY’s latest index, marking the first increase in its placing since 2013.