Last rent-a-roof PV scheme?

Solar firm makes PV viable despite FIT cut

A solar firm has worked with lenders, accountants, lawyers and a housing association to develop a lease model to work with the new, low-rate feed-in tariff.

Tariff cut leaves solar plans on the scrapheap

The sun set on landlords’ solar ambitions this week as an unexpectedly savage cut to a subsidy payment for solar photovoltaic panels left the majority of social housing PV schemes unviable.

The sustainability race

Green energy installations were meant to be the future but how much will it cost to get there? And will the race to fit photovoltaic panels before the feed-in tariff is cut lead to a bumpy ride? Jess McCabe investigates.

Fighting FIT

Landlords get option of free solar panels

A contractor and supplier have developed the first model to allow social landlords to install photovoltaic panels on their tenants’ roofs for free under the government’s reformed solar subsidy system.

Window of opportunity

Last month’s court ruling means landlords may have a few weeks to claim the pre-cut feed-in tariff rate, says Rob Beiley, partner at Trowers & Hamlins

Sun block

New guidance issued to lenders will make rent-a-roof schemes much more complicated for landlords, warns Richard Brooks

Panel priorities

Landlords must act fast to salvage what they can from photovoltaic deals before the feed-in tariff is cut, says Rob Beiley

Beating the solar deadline

Landlords have a limited time to cash in as subsidy switches from big to small-scale solar panel schemes. Laurence Lacey, associate at Clarke Willmott, explains

Up on the roof

Councils must consider the impact of photovoltaic panels on right to buy sales, says Linda Storey