Although
it
drew
mixed
reviews
from
industry
sources,
the
announcement
is
the
clearest
sign
yet
of
the
UK
government’s
growing
appreciation
of
the
benefits
of
PV
–
both
commercially,
and
in
terms
of
helping
the
country
meet
its
challenging
2020
targets.
The
new
PV
incentives
–
published
alongside
a
new
regime
for
boosting
biomass
–
essentially
locks
in
the
UK’s
support
architecture
for
large-scale
renewables
through
to
March
2017,
when
the
Electricity
Market
Reform
(EMR)
package
is
due
to
replace
the
Renewables
Obligation
(RO).
As
part
of
its
broader
banding
review
for
the…