The Solar Trade Association has issued an ‘mayday’ alert to the government over the risk to the UK’s solar thermal sector. The association has written to new junior Energy Minister, Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe, urging her to include solar thermal in the Renewable Heat Initiative. The STA said: “If the proposal to remove solar thermal from the RHI is implemented, the technology will be at a competitive disadvantage and there is every prospect that the current supply chain will atrophy – together with valuable UK skills and the manufacturing industry where the UK has cutting edge capabilities.
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