policy

Theresa May has continued to draw anger from environmentalists after suggesting that individual households could be paid for agreeing to greenlight local fracking projects.

The Solar Trade Association (STA) has issued a call to arms for the UK solar industry to challenge a proposed increase in business rates which could dramatically impact on commercial rooftop PV.

Solar Power Portal is today launching a new campaign designed to help stimulate the UK’s commercial rooftop solar sector.

Following the vote to leave Europe and its struggles to deploy renewable in heat and transport, the UK’s ability to meet 2020 EU targets is looking grim. David Pratt tracks the country’s progress to date and asks if the new government will still be committed post-Brexit.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has confirmed its eagerly awaited ministerial portfolios weeks after new prime minister Theresa May established the so-called super department.

A think tank that includes senior Conservative figures among its members has called for the government to call time on the Hinkley C nuclear power plant.

The future of the controversial Hinkley Point C nuclear plant remains in doubt despite being approved by EDF’s board after the government sought more time to decide.

Often, with potential new solar markets, there can be a lot of hype and uncertainty regarding precisely how much deployment to expect and the timelines for this new capacity to come online. Lauren Cook, analyst for Solar Intelligence, discusses the potential for solar in Ireland in the years to 2020 and beyond.

Sadiq Khan’s efforts to be “the greenest mayor London has ever had” have been bolstered by City Hall’s announcement that it has applied for a licence to supply low carbon electricity, despite no news yet of increased renewable energy generation within the city.

The UK government needs to provide “continuity and stability” in its energy and climate change policy according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which has called on Greg Clark to pick up the baton left by former energy secretary Amber Rudd.