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Solar champion Narendra Modi to sign solar deal
Solar panels are still an attractive investment The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi today will sign £10billion worth of trade deals today including pacts on aircrafts and telecoms. The deals...
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RenewableUK responds to Government energy policy speech
RenewableUK is responding to today’s speech by the Energy Secretary Amber Rudd, setting out the Government’s future direction for energy policy. RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive Maf Smith said:...
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Subsidies for solar 22 times less than people think, poll shows
Subsidies for solar power are 22 times less than people think, according to a new YouGov poll commissioned by the Solar Trade Association. On average, respondents with a view estimated that solar...
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AD Industry welcomes Spending Review support for green gas
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, today unveiled plans in today’s Spending Review and Autumn Statement announcement to extend the Renewable Heat Initiative (RHI) with additional...
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European Commission extends ‘unfair’ import tariff on Chinese solar panels
The European Commission over the weekend extended its punitive import tariffs and price controls on solar panels from China which were originally due to expire today, Monday 7 December. The move,...
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Despite reduced tariffs, solar remains good investment for householders
Solar energy is cost effective The Feed-in Tariff rate which is paid out for rooftop solar is to change at midnight tonight. Householders who go solar will from tomorrow onwards be eligible for the...
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Stats show need for Government solar thermal push
Government statistics published today on the Renewable Heat Incentive have shown that in November and December of last year solar thermal hot water heating made up 12% of the residential systems and...
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The cow’s digestive system could revolutionise renewable energy
Professor Theodorou A group of scientists are looking at the way relatively unknown fungi works inside the guts of herbivores, including elephants and cows, in the hope that it holds the key to...
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MP committee criticises Government for damaging investor confidence in energy...
An influential House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Select Committee has today (Thursday 3 March) published a report into “Investor confidence in the UK energy sector”. The report focuses in...
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Parliamentary ructions over Government treatment of solar power
Parliamentarians of all parties, in both the Lords and the Commons, are objecting to the government’s treatment of solar power. Labour has tabled an amendment to the Finance Bill which would prevent a...
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Push to keep solar thermal set to continue as consultation closes
The solar industry has pledged to continue to push to keep solar thermal as the Government’s consultation on plans to cut off all support for the technology closes today (Wednesday 27 April). If the...
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10% FIT capacity wasted
New Ofgem figures – analysed by ADBA – have revealed that the Feed-in Tariff available for new AD plants could be even more heavily restricted than first thought. The new FIT scheme has quarterly...
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Government proposes severe cuts to Anaerobic Digestion Feed-in Tariffs
The DECC has published a consultation document proposing major reductions in support for Anaerobic Digestion (AD) under the Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) scheme. Cuts would take effect from January 2017 and...
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Scottish Energy Minister highlights ground-breaking innovations in offshore wind
The new Scottish Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse has said that “Scotland has the potential to be at the forefront in all stages of offshore renewable energy”. Speaking at RenewableUK’s Global Offshore...
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UK solar industry sees new record in electricity generation
The UK solar industry is today (Monday 4th July) celebrating its third ‘Solar Independence Day’, the UK’s annual celebration of solar energy. To mark the occasion, which will see people all over the...
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Business rates on rooftop solar installations could go up nearly eight times...
As reported by the Financial Times today, the Solar Trade Association has uncovered that business rates taxes on commercial rooftop solar installations will rise by between six and eight times as of...
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Renewable energy outperforms coal in new official UK electricity statistics
The Government’s new annual energy statistics show that renewable energy sources are replacing coal as mainstream technologies generating power for British homes, offices and factories. Today’s...
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New report finds offshore wind industry can create jobs in east coast ports...
A strategic review of east coast port facilities has identified the enormous potential of the offshore wind sector to accelerate economic growth on the east coast of Britain. It has found that east...
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Renewable energy still offers opportunity, says CAAV
Jeremy Moody Renewable energy continues to garner a larger share of the British energy market, and with the uncertainty posed by Brexit that trend is set to endure. According to Jeremy Moody,...
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Government gives go-ahead to world’s largest offshore wind farm
RenewableUK is responding to the news that the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm from DONG Energy has gained planning consent from the Business and Energy Secretary, Greg Clark. The project, located off...
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