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The Conservative Environmental Network (CEN) has released its manifesto, outlining ideas for how the Conservative Party could tackle the climate emergency, including the removal of barriers to solar and storage.

The solar industry has hit back at official government deployment statistics, arguing that without an improved collation system they have become “meaningless”.

Legislation to increase the rate of VAT attached to solar panels and home batteries to 20% move forward yesterday following a legislation committee hearing that included accusations of government errors and “bombast and windbaggery”.

Solar Power Portal has today launched a new survey in a bid to determine just how effective recent policy movements in the UK energy market could prove for domestic solar.

Solar’s role in delivering net zero is being vastly underestimated as new research reveals it could provide 20% of UK electricity by 2030.

Regulation and policy decisions are the biggest barriers to UK energy storage and are in need of significant changes, says industry experts.

A collapse in the number of residential solar installs has prompted politicians to call for urgent action to fix renewables’ “policy void”.

Residential solar installations slide to just 3.6MW in April 2019, the first month following the closure of the feed-in tariff.

Energy minister Claire Perry is to take a leave of absence, with universities minister Chris Skidmore fulfilling her duties in the interim.

Ambitious Labour Party plans to install solar on 1.75 million homes in the UK have been strongly welcomed by the country’s domestic solar industry.