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Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) to replace Feed-In-Tariff (FiT) Payments

Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) to replace Feed-In-Tariff (FiT) Payments

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Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) to replace Feed-In-Tariff (FiT) Payments

Following the closure of the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme to new applicants in March 2019, the government has acknowledged that small-scale renewable energy generators need to be paid for the electricity that they export to the grid.

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Ofgem warns Solarplicity over late Feed-in Tariff payments

Ofgem warns Solarplicity over late Feed-in Tariff payments

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Ofgem warns Solarplicity over late Feed-in Tariff payments

The energy supplier failed to make some of the FiT payments that were due as part of the payment plans previously set out with the regulator

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Vietnam to install 1GW of wind energy by 2021

Vietnam to install 1GW of wind energy by 2021

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Vietnam to install 1GW of wind energy by 2021

Around 327MW of onshore and offshore wind capacity has been installed so far

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Homes and businesses to be paid for exporting excess renewable energy to the grid

Homes and businesses to be paid for exporting excess renewable energy to the grid

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Homes and businesses to be paid for exporting excess renewable energy to the grid

The Smart Export Guarantee places a legal obligation on energy suppliers with more than 150,000 customers to introduce export tariffs by 1st January 2020

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Solarplicity ordered to pay Feed-in Tariff generators

Solarplicity ordered to pay Feed-in Tariff generators

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Solarplicity ordered to pay Feed-in Tariff generators

The supplier was previously banned from taking on new customers due to its poor switching process and customer service

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Brighton Energy Coop secures 2.5MW of FiT exemptions

Brighton Energy Coop secures 2.5MW of FiT exemptions

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Brighton Energy Coop secures 2.5MW of FiT exemptions

It consists of 30 rooftop installations at schools, leisure centres, colleges, swimming pools and local businesses

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Octopus Energy’s new tariff offers cash for solar power export

Octopus Energy’s new tariff offers cash for solar power export

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Octopus Energy’s new tariff offers cash for solar power export

It comes as the government’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme closes today

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SSE pays out £705k after overstating Feed-in Tariff costs

SSE pays out £705k after overstating Feed-in Tariff costs

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SSE pays out £705k after overstating Feed-in Tariff costs

The Big Six supplier received £4.07m more in payments from the annual levelisation fund than what it was entitled to

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EU approves €600m French public funding for solar energy

EU approves €600m French public funding for solar energy

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EU approves €600m French public funding for solar energy

The initiative will support the deployment of 350MW of capacity

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Claire Perry: Solar power shouldn’t be provided to the grid for free

Claire Perry: Solar power shouldn’t be provided to the grid for free

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Claire Perry: Solar power shouldn’t be provided to the grid for free

She said BEIS is considering a new scheme as costs have fallen and the next steps for small-scale renewables will be announced shortly

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Solar ‘makes up 99% of Feed-in Tariff installations in last year’

Solar ‘makes up 99% of Feed-in Tariff installations in last year’

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Solar ‘makes up 99% of Feed-in Tariff installations in last year’

Despite this, photovoltaic projects made up only 80% of capacity growth

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UK Government urged to continue export tariff for small-scale solar

UK Government urged to continue export tariff for small-scale solar

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UK Government urged to continue export tariff for small-scale solar

The signatories of a letter to Energy Minister Claire Perry say removal of the payment will lead to householders, small businesses and others providing power to the grid for free

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