Policy

The Netherlands has removed a distribution fee for solar owners looking to put excess power back onto the grid.

The German Federal Network Agency’s monthly PV registration figures reveal nearly 226MW of PV systems were registered in October, continuing the country’s trend of falling installation rates this year.

Bulgaria’s parliament has proposed legislative changes that could see a 20% tax imposed on revenue from solar and wind energy.

Trendforce research division EnergyTrend has issued a report claiming that PV demand is expected to remain strong in Japan for 2014 and 2015 in spite of rumoured feed-in tariff cuts.

The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has announced that around 3.9GW of solar power generation capacity has been installed in Japan since July 2012, when the country introduced feed-in tariffs (FiTs) for renewable energy.

The Japanese Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry (METI) has announced that applications for subsidies under the country’s feed-in tariff programme for residential photovoltaic (PV) installations will close at the end of next March.

A poll in Arizona has found that 77% of people would be less likely to vote for an election candidate if they proposed ending support for solar.

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which represents all investor owned utilities in the US, has been urged to confess or condemn the use of so-called “dark money” to pay for campaigns against solar net metering.

The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) is demanding information from organisations including utility Arizona Public Service (APS) on the possible use of ratepayer funds in controversial public relations campaigns against solar power and net metering.

Additional funding has been released for residential solar under the San Diego California Solar Initiative (CSI) programme.