In reaction to the renewable energy Contracts for Difference Announcement, Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, Paul Wheelhouse, said: “I am extremely disappointed, indeed angered, by...
Europe’s leading solar energy generator, Lightsource Renewable Energy, has announced the connection of the UK’s first Contracts for Difference (CfD) solar farm with funding worth £8.7million...
The government will publish a joint Spending Review and Autumn Statement on 25 November 2015. Economic security, national security and opportunity are at the heart of this...
Representatives from the renewable energy sector in Scotland will be in Westminster October 27 to hear from Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom and put forward their own views...
The UK’s top ten position as one of the most attractive destinations for renewable investment is at risk because of policy uncertainty, according to a report...
The government has awarded contracts worth more than £315 million to renewable energy projects. The allocations have been labelled a “milestone” by the renewables industry but...
Consumers are getting poor value for money out of contracts worth £16.6 billion given to renewable energy projects, without competition, by the UK government, according to...
The government has unveiled plans to increase support for renewable energy from £95 million to £300 million but the industry fears the system would harm solar development and...
Drax Group has won a High Court battle to overturn the government’s ruling that one of its coal-to-biomass conversion projects was ineligible for a new subsidy...
The government’s spending watchdog has questioned whether the early contracts awarded to eight renewable energy projects, collectively worth £16.6 billion, have overpaid energy firms at the...
Investment in the renewable energy sector will be boosted due to low-carbon electricity incentives leading to an additional £100 billion investment by 2020, according to the...
Consumer group Which? has argued that the government’s proposed renewable energy subsidy scheme does not offer value for money because offshore wind could be prioritised ahead...
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has confirmed plans to stop subsidies through the renewables obligation (RO) scheme for large-scale solar farms. The plans...
The government has given eight major renewable projects the go-ahead as part of its electricity market reforms. The developments have been described as a significant part...
New strike prices for renewable energy, detailed in the government’s £375 billion infrastructure investment plan for 2013, have been met with mixed reactions from the green...