Ministers urged to cut VAT on batteries for homes after Brexit
The UK should reverse the increase on home energy storage systems implemented by the EU last year after Brexit, trade bodies representing the energy industry have told ministers.
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The increase in VAT on the technology was introduced by the EU in October 2019, in a move that bodies including the UK’s Renewable Energy Association (REA) criticised.
With the end of the Brexit transition period on the horizon, the REA has garnered the support of more than 30 companies across the UK s energy sector to call for better support for home energy storage – not only in recognition of the net-zero target, but in a bid to kick-start investment in the sector following a Covid-19-related slump.
Rural communities hit hardest by 14pc VAT on solar, clean cooking products
Monday December 21 2020
Kenya is a pace-setter in off-grid solar solutions.
In 2019, it was estimated that there were some five million pico solar products and 700,000 solar home systems in use by Kenyan households.
Kenya has been lauded internationally for progress made towards the 2022 universal energy access target with a reported 75 percent energy access rate today.
Underlying these numbers is a fact well-known by industry practitioners: the national grid only reaches about 50 percent of Kenyan households. Twenty-five percent of households are served by solar energy.
A 34-year-old mother of five who runs a grocery business in a village in western Kenya recently acquired a solar home system to boost her day to day activities both in the house and for her trade.
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