Community energy projects under threat - Solar Power Portal

Community energy projects under threat - Solar Power Portal

Reacting to the recently-launched feed-in tariff review, community-owned energy companies across the UK have come together to express their thoughts on the announcement as well as to discuss how to move forward past Energy Minister Chris Huhne’s decision to evaluate the FiT for systems above 50kW.

Since the introduction of the feed-in tariff on April 1st 2010, a growing number of community-owned companies have been established, concentrating on building renewable energy generation schemes across the country by utilising the funding mechanism of the feed-in tariff.