Up to 1,000 Darlington council homes are set to benefit from the installation of solar panels as the local authority races to complete the work before government proposals to cut subsidies are implemented.
An agreement of the world’s countries to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century has been lauded internationally, but many have continued to express doubts over the UK’s recent policy decisions.
Leading solar module supplier Trina Solar has withdrawn from the European Union’s price undertaking and will instead service its European customers through overseas manufacturing facilities.
British Solar Renewables (BSR) could face a hefty fine after admitting failure to ensure the safety of workers that suffered electrical shocks during the development of a solar farm in Devon in 2013.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has refused to comment on whether yesterday’s confirmation that 20% VAT will be applied to solar panels will have any impact on revised feed-in tariff rates emerging from the consultation.
The Chinese firm partnering with French utility EDF to develop the controversial Hinkley Point C is to also invest more than €1 billion (£722 million) in solar development…in France.
