The solar industry has aligned to rubbish a report issued by the Centre for Policy Studies released yesterday which sought to discredit renewable energies and their impact on the UK’s energy mix.
Geographic information consultancy Ian Dee Consulting (IDC) is to launch an automated solar mapping tool at next month’s Sustainability Live event which claims to speed up the identification of ideal sites for solar projects.
Chancellor George Osborne has finally talked up a green project in his final budget of this government: a £1 billion tidal lagoon project in Swansea. However, true to form, Osborne also introduced new North Sea tax breaks and fuel duty cuts.
The government is exploring ways of funding five tidal lagoon projects that would generate enough electricity to meet 10% of the UK’s electricity needs.
Water utility Severn Trent is to invest £190 million in its renewable energy generation practices over the next five years, with solar set to be a principal focus.
Solar PV installer A Shade Greener (ASG) has secured three financing facilities worth £155 million to refinance its portfolio of commercial and residential solar projects.
Solar farm developer, Green Hedge Renewables (formerly AEE Renewables) believes that the new contracts for difference (CfD) mechanism plays to the company’s “competitive strengths” and has welcomed the opportunities the scheme is bringing to the sector.
