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.
With Labour now ramping up the pressure over the controversial increase to commercial PV business rates, new chancellor Philip Hammond has the perfect opportunity to build bridges.
The solar industry was singled out for cuts in subsidy support by the UK government, new Scottish energy minister Paul Wheelhouse MSP told a conference in Edinburgh on Tuesday.
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.
A joint venture comprising WElink Energy and British Solar Renewables has received full accreditation for what is claimed to be the UK’s largest solar farm with a private wire connection.
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.
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has labelled cuts to the small-scale feed-in tariff “nonsensical” during a speech launching a pledge to invest £300 million in low-carbon technology.
