Clean Energy

The Treasury is to launch a consultation setting out proposals for transitional relief measures for companies affected by upcoming changes to business tax rates on solar installations, Solar Power Portal has learned.

Labour has stepped up its pressure on the government over proposed increases in business rates taxation on solar installations and launched a campaign against the plans.

Solar Power Portal runs through those nominated for this year’s product innovation award.

The pipeline of Irish solar projects with submitted grid applications has now reached 3.9GW, according to analysis of EirGrid and ESB’s latest figures by Solar Media’s in-house market research team.

Energy engineering group LHW Partnership is to begin offering management modelling services for renewable generators and energy storage technologies later this month.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has announced that investors advised by J.P. Morgan have acquired substantially all of the Sonnedix Group.

Solar Power Portal runs through those nominated for this year’s financial innovation award.

The UK government should adopt an entirely new home improvement scheme which would see income from renewable energy subsidies used to pay back the cost of installation, according to a report from Conservative think tank Bright Blue.

innogy SE, the renewable energy subsidiary of German utility RWE acquiring Belectric, has said customers should not expect to see any disruption or change in the service they receive from the company once the deal is completed.

The Belectric brand is to be taken over by innogy SE, the renewable energy subsidiary of German utility RWE, after a deal was agreed for the company’s solar, battery and O&M businesses.