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 accounts for £196 per year – but in reality subsidy for solar only accounts for £9 on an average household bill of £1,300 […]
Solar champion Narendra Modi to sign solar deal
The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi today will sign £10billion worth of trade deals today including pacts on aircrafts and telecoms. The deals include £2billion of investment in India by Solar Trade Association member Lightsource Renewable Energy. The deal will mean Lightsource will design, install and manage around 3GW of solar power infrastructure in […]
Solar again most popular source of energy in official opinion poll
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has this morning released the results of its latest opinion poll on public attitudes to energy. The regular opinion poll found yet again that solar is the nation’s favourite source of energy at 80%, higher than every other renewable or conventional energy technology. The specific question about solar […]
Scotland shows support for solar energy with key guarantee
The Scottish Government has boosted solar investor confidence north of the border by announcing that, contrary to what the Department of Energy and Climate Change has proposed for England and Wales, it will retain the ‘grandfathering’ guarantee for investment in solar. Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing cited the need for “clarity and certainty” for solar […]
Photovoltaic becoming mainstream – one important result from the EU PVSEC 2015
The 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2015) closed its doors on Friday, 18 September. The global PV community met in Hamburg, to discuss the latest developments and innovations in Photovoltaics. More than 50 % of the participants at the EU PVSEC 2015 had been represented by R & D specialists […]
Solar Industry welcomes growing call for Government to reconsider ‘extreme’ Feed-In Tariff proposals
The STA has joined a number of powerful organisations calling on the Government to reconsider their FIT proposals after consultation with the industry and stakeholders. The joint statement asks Government not to take power from the people and is backed by diverse supporters from IKEA and DuPont to EnergyUK, the TUC and the NFU – […]
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 […]
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 […]
