Reactions to the release of the government’s decision to cut the domestic feed-in tariff rate by 65% and introduce quarterly deployment caps have started to pour.
RM Capital has announced that it will continue to offer finance to solar projects in January 2016 in spite of the dangers posed by government plans to cut subsidy for renewables projects.
Domestic solar installations up to 10kW in size will receive a feed-in tariff rate of 4.39p/kWh when the new rates come into force after the Department of Energy and Climate Change published the eagerly anticipated results of its consultation.
The UK government is opposed to the European Union’s minimum import price (MIP) on solar modules and has lobbied the European Commission on the matter, energy secretary Amber Rudd has confirmed.
Leading figures from the UK solar industry have rounded on George Osborne and claimed he is responsible for the “incredible destruction” being experienced throughout the renewables sector.
Amber Rudd has refuted suggestions that HM Treasury is running energy policy during what turned out to be a difficult session before the select committee for the energy secretary.
Ireland has today set out a raft of clean energy policies and support mechanisms designed to reduce carbon emissions from its energy sector by up to 95% by 2050, with solar to play a central role.
Furniture retailer IKEA has hinted at incorporating complementary technologies such as storage and solar thermal into its UK offering when it relaunches early next year.
An Energy and Climate Change select committee panel has warned that the UK faces the same kind of solar downturn witnessed in Spain and Italy if the government follows through on prospective cuts to solar.
Custom Solar has entered into a new partnership with Derbyshire County Cricket Club that will see 550 solar panels installed at the 3aaa County Ground.
