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A solar sector of substance: what does the future hold for PV in the UK? Posted in Blogs by Emma Hughes Published on 16 July 2009 Updated on 13 April 2010 The UK government announced its plans to concentrate on renewable energy and the policies fit for this move in July this year, what follows this announcement, we are all eager to find out. There were many lengthy documents outlining separate aspects of the plans, yet all seem to be pointing towards one thing: the fact that nothing is yet set in stone. PV-Tech reported on the UK's renewable energy ambitions back in 2008, when Miliband announced among other solar plans, a feed-in tariff (FiT) rate to be introduced in the UK for suppliers of renewable energy who were feeding energy back into the grid. This bill was given a time frame of one year to pass; yet once the time came to provide details of the bill, a slightly rushed government had to churn out something to show that it was at least thinking about it. During this three month consultation period all details outlined in all of the reports published on the 15th July 2009 could be changed, so one has to wonder why they would publish this report in so much detail? This move could be considered rather a brave one, as the government is subjecting itself to criticism of plans that are not definitely going to be put into action. Nevertheless, it is worthwhile reporting on what they have said, just in case any of it does materialize.... Read more at www.solarpowerportal.co.uk

 

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