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Selected recent news stories from WolfeWare and the utility-scale solar and renewables sectors
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News in reverse date order:
Date | News | Links |
2016 | ||
25 Apr 2016 | "Embarrassingly successful: an obituary for the UK's Feed-in Tariffs"; Opinion editorial published bu Business Green | Read article |
01 Jan 2016 | Philip Wolfe awarded MBE in New Year's Honours for 'services to renewable energy and the energy sector' | Coverage in Cooperative News here |
2015 | ||
Apr to Nov 2015 | Series of three articles on the growth of utility-scale solar power generation for Renewable Energy World | Links to articles here |
Apr 2015 onwards | Regular articles on utility-sacle solar for SeeNews Renewables | Some articles linked here |
2014 | ||
29 Jan 2014 | "Community Energy Strategy: A ‘Second Way’ For The UK’s Energy Market" in think tank ResPublica's blog reflects on the UK's Community Energy Strategy | Read blog |
26 Jan 2014 | Government's Community Energy Strategy (published on 27th) reviewed with response by Philip Wolfe | Read article |
23 Jan 2014 | Wiki-Solar reports provisional 2013 figures for golabl utility-scale solar; another record year - total rises over 21 GW | Read an article covering the story |
2013 | ||
13 Sep 2013 | Guardian reports that community-owned projects could play a major role in the UK's renewable energy strategy quoting roundtable of experts including Philip Wolfe | Read article |
08 Aug 2013 | Energy and Climate Change Select Committee publish Local Energy report, quoting Philip Wolfe and endorsing his proposals | Committee report |
03 Jul 2013 | DECC accepts recommendation from 10 Jun evidence (see below); will increase FITs ceiling for community projects | DECC announcement |
24 Jun 2013 | Westmill Solar wins prestigious Sustainable Energy award from European Commission | |
18 Jun 2013 | UK is best utility-scale solar market in Europe. See presentation by WolfeWare at conference in Munich | Wiki-Solar release |
10 Jun 2013 | Oral evidence on community energy to Energy and Climate Change Select Committee in House of Commons by Philip Wolfe; recommends increase in FITs ceiling | Oral evidence transcript Written evidence |
25 Apr 2013 | Conference on Large Scale Solar in Truro. Prsentation on financing & community projects by Ian Dixon & Philip Wolfe | YouTube clip and presentation |
15 Apr 2013 | Renewable Energy World publish article "The rise and rise of utility-scale solar" | Read article |
March 2013 | Book on "Sustainable Energy Options for Business" published by Dō Sustainability | See details |
13 Feb 2013 | Financing innovation; local authority pension fund issues bond to Westmill Solar Co-operative | LCCPF release |
2012 | ||
31 Oct 2012 | Westmill Solar becomes world's largest community-owned solar power plant after over-subscribed share launch | Press coverage |
22 Oct 2012 | First book on utility-scale solar, "Solar Photovoltaic Projects in the mainstream power market" published by Routledge | See summary |
16 Jul 2012 | Renewable Energy Association creates Special Award for Philip Wolfe | YouTube clip |