Solar has once again been voted the UK’s most favoured source of renewable energy, according to the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s opinion tracker.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has refused to comment publicly on claims energy secretary Amber Rudd misled parliament over progress towards climate change targets.
It remains unclear whether or not London maoyr Boris Johnson lobbied the government over proposed cuts to the feed-in tariff after a London Assembly deadline for him to do so expired.
New research conducted by Imperial College London (ICL) has revealed that consumers in the UK will miss out on cheaper electricity because of government cuts to clean energy subsidies.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change is standing by its forecast for solar capacity out to 2020/21, showing minimal growth for the sector over the next five years.
Scotland’s energy minister Fergus Ewing has accused the UK government of complacency a week after National Grid was forced to issue an urgent request for more electricity.
The London Assembly has given Mayor of London Boris Johnson a deadline of today in which to press energy secretary Amber Rudd for a meeting over proposed cuts to the feed-in tariff.
A group of 100 of the UK’s leading community energy groups has pleaded with chancellor George Osborne to reverse community energy tax relief cuts as Balcombe has been forced to shelve its own solar farm plans.
UK installer eco NRG Solutions has partnered with Germany’s New Energy for the World to complete a 7MW solar farm in Somerset and start work on a 100MW portfolio across the UK.
