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Alice Grundy

CEE urges suppliers to support community energy after FiT closure

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Alice Grundy

Community Energy England (CEE) has called for energy suppliers to offer ‘suitable’ tariffs for community energy in the wake of the feed-in tariff (FiT) closure.

Farewell FiTs: Ray Noble speaks FiTs and the future

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Alice Grundy

The feed-in tariff (FiT) has marked a period in the solar industry rife with extreme highs and lows. From growing the UK industry to be a fierce competitor to the solar giants across the world, to it later coming crashing down as fierce cuts were introduced in 2015, the FiT has had a substantial effect on the industry.

Farewell FiTs: The view from the rooftops

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Alice Grundy

“I think it was necessary to stimulate the industry and it certainly did that. It created a supply chain,” Roberts says, adding that the industry wouldn’t have been established in the same way without it.

Farewell FiTs: How the feed-in tariff gave birth to UK Solar

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Alice Grundy

“The industry exploded,” Noble says, describing the time as a “gold rush”. The government’s plans to deliver 1MW over the course of the five-year FiT was exceeded in the first 9 months, creating a panic over funds.