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The Rt Hon David Cameron MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA Cc The Rt Hon Edward Davey MP, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Monday 7 July 2014 Dear Prime Minister, We are writing to express our concern about the levels of uncertainty in the solar power industry as a result of recent proposed policy changes by your energy department. We urge you to act to secure the UK solar industry and to strengthen the UK’s position in the soaring global solar market estimated at over £78bn ($134bn) by 2020. On larger commercial and industrial roofs, and in ground-mounted schemes solar is the second cheapest major renewable in the UK. Overly restricting solar’s growth in these cost-effective applications therefore makes no sense from a consumer value perspective. Solar is a secure, home-grown solution to Britain’s energy crisis. Thousands of UK businesses have already invested in onsite solar power in order to reduce their climate impact and to benefit directly from more stable energy costs. The UK industry comprises over 2,000 SMEs, directly employing 16,000 people. 61% of the value of large-scale solar investment accrues to the UK, higher than for many other energy sources. The potential for further employment, innovation and growth across the industry is exceptional, as international experience shows. Just a short period of stable Government support is needed to deliver subsidy free solar in the UK (by the end of the next Parliament). We very much welcome the very positive benefits solar parity will deliver for UK businesses including improving international competitiveness, lower energy price inflation and improved electricity sector competition. We would like to request a meeting with you as soon as possible to discuss these issues further. We urge you to back the UK’s emergent solar power industry and take into account the industry’s responses to the Government’s consultations on changes to financial support for solar PV which closes today. Yours sincerely, Jeremy Leggett Non Executive Chairman, Solar Century
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The Rt Hon David Cameron MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA Cc The Rt Hon Edward Davey MP, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Monday 7 July 2014 Dear Prime Minister, We are writing to express our concern about the levels of uncertainty in the solar power industry as a result of recent proposed policy changes by your energy department. We urge you to act to secure the UK solar industry and to strengthen the UK’s position in the soaring global solar market estimated at over £78bn ($134bn) by 2020. On larger commercial and industrial roofs, and in ground-mounted schemes solar is the second cheapest major renewable in the UK. Overly restricting solar’s growth in these cost-effective applications therefore makes no sense from a consumer value perspective. Solar is a secure, home-grown solution to Britain’s energy crisis. Thousands of UK businesses have already invested in onsite solar power in order to reduce their climate impact and to benefit directly from more stable energy costs. The UK industry comprises over 2,000 SMEs, directly employing 16,000 people. 61% of the value of large-scale solar investment accrues to the UK, higher than for many other energy sources. The potential for further employment, innovation and growth across the industry is exceptional, as international experience shows. Just a short period of stable Government support is needed to deliver subsidy free solar in the UK (by the end of the next Parliament). We very much welcome the very positive benefits solar parity will deliver for UK businesses including improving international competitiveness, lower energy price inflation and improved electricity sector competition. We would like to request a meeting with you as soon as possible to discuss these issues further. We urge you to back the UK’s emergent solar power industry and take into account the industry’s responses to the Government’s consultations on changes to financial support for solar PV which closes today.
Yours sincerely,
Jeremy Leggett
Non Executive Chairman, Solar Century
Chairman, SolarAid
Joanna Yarrow
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Jonathon Porritt
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Dale Vince
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Nick Boyle
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Paul Joyner
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Toddington Harper
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Dr Michael Stein
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Steven McNab
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Matthew Lee
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Tracey Rawling Church
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Charlie Shivers
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Julian Martin
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Phil Hibbert
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Peter Horlock
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Jeff Glass
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Giles Redpath
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Jonathan Cooke
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Anne Chapman
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Keith Willett
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Jane M Wernick
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William Silverstone
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Herbert Eppel
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Carl Benfield
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Philip Percival
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John-Rhys Williams
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Chris Hornzee-Jones
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Angus Macdonald
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Simon Baggaley
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John Pearson
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Mike Judge
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Ramón Arratia
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Karl Harder
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Howard Johns
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Charles Perry
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James Owen
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Swindon Commercial Services
Simon Wragg
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Jerry Hamilton
Director of renewables & energy solutions
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Kevin Hard
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Evo Energy
Ian Draisey
Managing Director
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Jon Walker
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Mark Krull
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Martin Dowd
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Paul Hutchens
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Tristan Fischer
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Frans van den Heuvel
CEO
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David Finlay
Director
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Jonathan Bates
Director
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David Sandilands
Chief Executive Officer
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Stephen Gibbins
Director
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John Mustardé
Managing Director
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Jamie Adam
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Annette Softley
General Manager
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Michael Hibberd
Director
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Jon Cape
Managing Director
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James Booth
Managing Director
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Sara Fairbairn
Managing Director
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Henning Schulze
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Ben Cosh
Managing Director
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Richard Waxman
Chairman
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Andy Coleman
Business Manager
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Nick Pascoe
Managing Director
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John Foster
Managing Director
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Alan Aldridge
Managing Director
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Martin Cornes
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Peter Randall
Managing Director
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Stuart Cooper
Managing Director
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Gabriel Wondrausch
Managing Director
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Prashant Mathur
President - International Sales & Strategic Sourcing
Vikram Solar India
Richard Alexander
Managing Director
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Steve Dennis
Director
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Jason Clark
Director
DCA Public Relations
Geoff Fox
Managing Director
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Grant Withers
Managing Director
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Dirk Terjung
Sales/Marketing
Econergy Europe Ltd
Thomas Heiser
Director
Focal Point Marketing and Events
Haydn Scholes
Regional Director
Wardell Armstrong LLP
Kevin Power
Director
Kraft Renewable Energy
Nick Holman
Director
BNRG Renewables
Gilly Jones
Managing director
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Laura Brown
Director
Narec Distributed Energy Limited
Mike Watson
Chairman
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Tony Edwards
Managing Director
Natural Energy Sources Limited
Stephen Booth
Director
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Peter Capener
Chairman
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John Mason
Managing Director
Renewable and Efficient Energy Limited
Tony Gillett
Planning & Development
Foster Property Developments Ltd
Rafe Bateson
Renewables Director
W T Parker Group Ltd
Gill Fox
Commercial Director
EEC Solar
Sesh Diu
Founder
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Kevin Power
Managing Director
Kraft Renewable Energy
Martyn Berry
Technical Manager
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Mark Moores
Managing Director
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Stuart Elmes
CEO
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Prof Ralph Gottschalg
Director, Egnitec
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Richard Jenkins
Managing Director
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Mo Kelly
CEO
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Matthew Rhodes
Managing Director
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David Owen
CEO
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Kamil Shah
Marketing Manager
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Rob Jackson
Managing Director
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Dr. Toby King
CEO
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Robin Purser
Managing Director
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Gary Hills
Managing Director
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Kathy McVeigh
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Apolka Totth
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Peter McKeown
Director
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Malcolm Niven
Chairman
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Martin Cornes
Director
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Keith Willett
Managing Director
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Stefano Gambro
Director
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Chris Smith
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João Cunha
Director
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Jim Harrold
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Tom Drake
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Tomas Gleeson
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Edward Cowdery
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Dave Foster
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Stuart Bradshaw
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Diana Darbyshire
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Tufan Lokmanoglu
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Howard Fearn
Director
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Mike Field
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George Goudsmit
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Michael Samuel
CEO
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Ian Fishburn
Director
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Darren Willcocks
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Jemma Benson
Associate Director
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Owen Morgan
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Ivor Thomson
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Adrian Butler
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Susan House
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Alan Kerr
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David Monks
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Kevin Light
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