Contract renegotiations put solar deals at risk

Hit the roof

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.

Banks block landlords’ solar plans

Social landlords’ plans to install photovoltaic panels on their homes are being blocked by banks refusing to sign off hundreds of millions of pounds worth of ‘rent-a-roof’ deals.

Big win for Green Light campaign

Social landlords are set to be exempted from an extra 20 per cent cut to the feed-in tariff as part of a government overhaul of the solar subsidy system unveiled last week.

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

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