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"STA members will be marking the day in creative ways"

Nation Celebrates UK’s Energy Favourite on Solar Independence Day

Opinion

"The CCC has made it clear that solar power is now cheaper than that generated by fossil fuels"

STA Comment on CCC Progress Report

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"This is the first time that solar has generated more than nuclear, second only to gas."

UK solar generation breaks new record

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"The speed and direction of technology change is clear."

The Great British Solar Manifesto

Opinion

"We are dismayed that responsible organisations that use their own rooftop solar are still facing an extreme business rate rise of up to 800% from April."

Silence from Chancellor leave rooftop solar facing unprecedented business rate hike

Opinion

"The STA delivered a 200,000+ petition with Greenpeace to the Chancellor last week asking him to drop the business rate hike for self-consumption of rooftop solar power"

Chancellor Urged to Drop the Solar Tax Hike

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"We urge the Chancellor to do the right thing and to drop the solar tax hike in his Budget next week."

Primary children ask treasury ahead of budget: stop the solar tax hike

Children deliver petition from 200,000 people asking the Treasury to drop a business rate tax hike that threatens their school solar project

Opinion

"There has naturally been interest in the cost implications of incorporating new technologies like solar into our grids."

STA Comments on UKERC’s Costs and Impacts of Intermittency Report

Report amplifies industry calls on government

Opinion

"Solar is key to both the smart energy industrial opportunity and to cost-effective decarbonisation"

Solar industry welcomes industrial strategy

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"Solar power has turned the grid on its head, it provides unique opportunities for energy consumers of all types to take control of their bills and produce their own energy, sitting at the heart of a smart, flexible energy system."

“Remove barriers for energy storage” industry asks

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“Solar thermal is back, which is great news for consumers who want to bring down their energy bills and do their bit to mitigate climate change."

BEIS Warms to Solar Thermal

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"Changes to business rates paid on solar power could see many systems become uneconomic"

Big Brands say “Stop the Solar Tax Hike”

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"The Solar Trade Association (STA) has been urging the Government to drop the solar tax hike for many months"

Chancellor misses opportunity to scrap solar tax hike & boost investment

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"The government must remove barriers to growth for the solar industry so it can thrive and become subsidy free within five years."

Autumn Statement: Solar Industry Pre-Brief

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"The recognition that we need to move to more active local networks is hugely welcome"

STA Welcomes “Smart Energy” Push

Opinion

"The report provides a very clear break down of the reasons for the apparent overspend"

NAO report reveals small role of solar in energy overspend

Opinion

"The report will be launched at the STA’s Smart Power event at the Conservative party conference today"

New analysis shows low cost of integrating solar into power system

Opinion

"The good news for ‘export’ solar is that, in most cases, the rateable value will fall from 2017, some by as much as half."

Business rates for ‘mainly export’ solar agreed with Valuations Office But concern over 6-8 fold tax hike for business solar rooftops

Opinion

"We disagree with any notion of dropping the UK’s renewables energy targets"

STA Responds to Policy Exchange Report

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