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Creation of a solar target could increase confidence within the Scottish solar industry. Image: MaxPixel. Cross-party MSPs have released a letter calling on Scotland to set a target of between 4-6GW of solar power capacity, to help it achieve its full potential. The Scottish Government currently has no solar generation target in place for solar, despite
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Published: 18 Nov 2022, 12:58 Raven Renewables installing high-efficiency solar panels. Image: Raven Renewables. Housing association-run solar installer, Raven Renewables, has signed its first contract with Slough-based Sparta Homes Limited, to install solar panels at new Berkshire homes being built. The solar installation company has named itself the first organisation owned by a social landlord
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Published: 18 Nov 2022, 14:32 Hull University Teaching Hospitals have pledged to reach net zero a decade earlier than the rest of the NHS. Image: NHS. NHS Property Services (NHSPS) have installed a solar PV array on the south-facing roof elevation at Health House in Hull, which is set to generate more than 300MWh of
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Published: 17 Nov 2022, 13:08 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Autumn Statement to the House of Commons today (17 November). Image: Chris McAndrew (Wikimedia). Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a windfall tax on electricity generators at a rate of 45%. Delivering his Autumn Statement to the House of Commons today (17 November), Hunt announced both
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Over the past year, renewable funds peaked at 115% of their November 2021 price, before dropping back. Image: Getty. Market intelligence company Cornwall Insight has warned that extending the windfall tax to renewable energy companies such as solar power funds would be disproportionate to profits. Following rumours that chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to expand
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FiT customers range from households that just have a few solar panels on their roofs to those with whole solar farms or multiple wind turbines. Image: Piqsels. Good Energy Limited and F&S Energy Limited are set to pay a total of £800,000 in compensation to Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) customers. This follows an investigation by Ofgem which
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Published: 14 Nov 2022, 18:58 The site would span 40 acres near Maiden Newton, Dorset. Image: Pxhere. Clean energy solutions company Enviromena will launch an appeal against Dorset Council’s decision to reject planning proposals for a 11.8MW solar installation spanning 40-acres at Cruxton Farm near Maiden Newton. Despite obtaining “full backing” from the local parish
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Historically there has been a 44% success rate in refused sites being overturned by the Planning Inspectorate. Image: Public Domain Pictures. Adjudications made in the coming months by the UK’s Planning Inspectorate may have a profound impact on solar farm applications submitted to Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) in coming years. Currently, the Planning Inspectorate is
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Published: 11 Nov 2022, 17:47 Scotland missed its 100% gross renewable energy consumption target by only 1.4% in 2021. Image: Getty. The Scottish Government have released a new planning system, National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4), this week which shows how planners will be expected to treat solar developments across Scotland. The revision will be considered
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