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The Solar Trade Association (STA) has called on the UK government to target 40GW of solar capacity by 2030.

The April 2020 episode of the Solar Media Podcast is now available, with the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the solar industry a predictably prominent theme.

Chris Hewett, chief executive of the Solar Trade Association, spoke to Solar Power Portal about the exclusion of solar in yesterday’s Budget and the promise of a reform to business rates.

Solar is once again absent from the Budget as nuclear fusion and carbon capture technologies receive funding boosts.

Some of the UK’s solar stalwarts have welcomed the government’s consultation on allowing solar and onshore wind back into the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme.

Solar is to once again compete in the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme as the government revokes its 2015 decision.

Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe reflect on this year’s energy storage headlines, and do their best to predict what the energy transition may hold in store in 2020.

The Irish government has confirmed new details surrounding the country’s eagerly anticipated renewables auction, due to kick-off next year

In this month’s podcast, Solar Media’s Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe discuss how the world’s energy giants are turning to solar (and storage) in a big way, and take a look at what’s driving new energy storage technology.

Limiting solar’s share in the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) to 10% is “disappointing”, the Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA) has said, whilst welcoming the ambition shown in decarbonisation.