Government ignores overwhelming opposition and ends renewable Feed-in Tariff pre-accreditation
The Government has today confirmed its decision to prevent bigger commercial solar roofs and smaller solar farms from having any certainty over the Feed-in Tariff they will get once their projects are finished. The move gets rid of the ability to ‘pre-accredit’ to a fixed tariff level, meaning that complex community and commercial projects […]
Government publishes ‘alarming’ review of Feed-in Tariff scheme
The Government has today published its review of the Feed-in Tariff scheme for supporting small-scale renewables on homes, offices and public buildings. The scheme is dominated by solar PV installations, which is the UK’s most popular energy source according to DECC polling. Stakeholders can now feed back to the government, with the deadline for responses […]
Coalition calls on Prime Minister to support small-scale renewables (Feed-in Tariff)
An alliance of 100 organisations representing tens of thousands of workers, small businesses, retailers, farming groups, co-operatives and local government representatives has written to the Prime Minister to express its support for small scale renewable electricity ahead of an expected review of the Feed-in Tariff as reported in the Sunday Times. The Feed in Tariff […]
Australia’s “best” wind farm gains planning approval
Construction on Australia’s “best” wind farm project will commence next year following development approval. The $250 million Hornsdale wind farm, to be developed by French company Neoen, will be located in the Mid North of South Australia, around the town of Jamestown. Hornsdale is touted as Australia’s “best” wind farm project due to its high capacity […]
Farming sector leads 40% surge in electricity from biogas
The Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC) yesterday released their annual Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES), demonstrating a surge in AD capacity outside of the water industry from 164MW in 2013 to 216MW (32 per cent) in 2014. ADBA’s own analysis shows that these plants generated 40 per cent more electricity in […]
Solar Feed-in Tariff data: commercial continues to underperform
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has today published its monthly statistics on how much solar is being deployed under the Feed-in Tariff and how that is going to affect tariff levels going forwards. The numbers show the following: A very slight increase in deployment in the smallest systems, generally on domestic homes (0-10kW), […]
Big commercial solar roofs and farms face major cut in support
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has today published proposals to reduce Renewables Obligation support for solar on both roofs and in solar farms. The proposals cover both the Renewables Obligation for bigger projects, and changes to rules on the Feed-in Tariff for smaller projects. The Renewables Obligation, which currently supports rooftop and solar […]
RenewableUK slams Chancellor’s retrogressive budget announcement
RenewableUK, the trade association representing the wind, wave and tidal energy industries, has strongly criticised the Chancellor’s announcement in his budget speech that he is retrospectively changing the rules governing the Climate Change Levy – a measure which was originally designed to promote the generation of clean energy. RenewableUK’s Director of Policy, Dr Gordon Edge, […]
New checklist aims to boost solar across UK commercial rooftops
The Solar Trade Association has published a simple and clear checklist to give managers in commerce and industry the confidence to put solar on their roofs. Commercial and industrial roofs dominate the solar market in Europe, but in the UK commercial roofs account for only 5% of all solar deployment to date. However, as part […]
