Industry figures show the number of installations plummeting since the removal of the interest-free loan scheme.

Scotland’s solar trade body, Solar Energy Scotland, has now published a manifesto for solar for the forthcoming election calling for the loan scheme to be re-instated, among a range of other measures including a 2035 installation target.

Home Energy Scotland loans delivered relatively greater increases in adoption in poorer areas than richer places, resulting in installation inequality declining in Scotland while it increased in England, according to a Grantham Research Institute paper. After loans were withdrawn abruptly after six years, a move condemned by trade group Solar Energy Scotland.

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