Solar Markets & Finance

Energy minister Andrea Leadsom has insisted that proposed cuts to the feed-in tariff are not a foregone conclusion and claimed alternative support policies are in the pipeline.

DECC has confirmed that it has been notified of legal action against it over the FiT pre-accreditation changes.

Live text coverage of energy minister Andrea Leadsom’s evidence session before the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee this morning, where she will discuss the government’s subsidy reset and its impacts on investor confidence and jobs.

Proposed cuts to the small-scale feed-in tariff are placing up to £127 million worth of community projects at risk, Community Energy England (CEE) has claimed.

Marks & Spencer’s energy utility M&S Energy has announced the winners of a £400,000 community renewables fund launched in July.

The net cost of wind and solar incurred by the government was almost two-thirds (58%) less than costs reflected in the Levy Control Framework, a report by renewables utility Good Energy has claimed.

The STA has written an open letter to Amber Rudd outlining its £1 plan. Read the full letter here.

United Nations’ chief environment scientist Jacquie McGlade has attacked the UK government over its stance on renewable energy subsidies.

Primrose Solar has acquired a 5MW solar farm in Merston which will form part of one of the UK’s first split-ownership commercial/community projects.

Sunamp, a Scottish manufacturer of heat batteries for domestic energy storage, including models designed to link with PV systems, has started serial production of its units from a base in the UK.