Solar Markets & Finance

Conservative MP for Somerton and Frome David Warburton has become the latest Tory politician to criticise his own party’s stance on renewables, slamming proposals to cut the feed-in tariff as “draconian”.

Residential and commercial solar installer the Mark Group has entered administration with the loss of up to 1,000 jobs after SunEdison sold the business back to its managers.

International solar developer SunEdison has announced it is to exit the UK market citing “uneconomic” conditions created by the government’s feed-in tariff proposals.

The recognition by regulator Ofgem of the need for an enlarged role for energy storage in the UK is a major milestone for the technology and could be an encouraging step for the integration of higher levels of solar and other renewables, trade associations have said.

Israel-headquartered SolarEdge has confirmed that it will be presenting Tesla’s batteries at Solar Energy UK in Birmingham next week, in addition to its new range of lightweight inverters and other products.

Switzerland-based solar company Luxra is to launch a new, anti-dumping duty-free branded solar module in the UK at this year’s SEUK event.

There’s now less than a week’s time until this year’s Solar Power Portal Awards, held at The Vox near Birmingham’s NEC.

10:10’s successful Solar Schools programme has announced it is to close next year, adding to a growing list of casualties from the government’s proposed feed-in tariff cuts.

Scotland has met its target of developing 500MW of community renewable energy projects five years earlier than originally expected.

MEPs representing all of the major groups in the European Parliament have called on the European Commission to end trade restrictions on Chinese solar products.