Energy minister Richard Harrington has admitted that the government’s evidence base for arguing solar can be deployed without subsidy consists of just one solar farm. Furthermore, Harrington has also stated that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) does not hold any information regarding that particular solar farm’s – Anesco’s Clay Hill project – revenue sources. The admissions occurred within parliament’s written questions and answers process, with Harrington responding to a number of questions from Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith.
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Rooftop solar installations on new build housing will be driven mostly by Scotland and London for the foreseeable future, with opportunities for PV limited to certain geographies. That is the view of Stuart Elmes, chief executive at Viridian Solar, who blogs for Solar Power Portal this morning on the opportunities that lie for solar in the new build housing market. Since the reduction of the feed-in tariff significantly dampening average solar deployment figures, installers still active in the UK market have looked to broaden their horizons and the new build housing market has been a particular area of interest.
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