subsidies

In the fourth round the Irish Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS 4), approximately 1,334 MW of onshore renewable electricity won support.

Special funding for certain states could complicate other incentive schemes, while a ten million household rooftop PV scheme faces challenges.

Solar and storage are playing a key role in Japan's push towards energy security, according to Uranulzii Batbayer and Aniket Autade of Rystad.

Mercom India has published its latest research into Indian rooftop solar, finding that India installed 367MW of new capacity in Q1 2024.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued a final rule designed to tighten up the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) regulations.

The Renewables Obligation (RO) has incentivised UK clean electricity generation since 2002 through Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs).

Additional subsidies to support the production of green hydrogen are being requested by industry players looking to set up bankable H2 projects, it was suggested during a panel discussion.

The UN secretary-general, António Guterres, has issued a stark warning concerning the “dismal litany of humanity’s failure to tackle climate disruption” in an speech in which he set out “five critical actions to jumpstart the renewable energy transition”.

A new policy in Italy that claws back the profits of solar PV projects will undermine investor confidence and jeopardise the European Union’s clean energy transition, a group of trade associations, including SolarPower Europe, has warned.