On March 25, the community and Local Government, Communities and Local Government), the secretary of state, Eric Pickles announced the rooftop solar array of commercial real estate development threshold from 500 kw to 1 mw.
The British Renewable Energy Association (Renewable Energy Association, REA) Nina Skorupska Dr Commented: "we are very glad to hear such good news. Came out of the policy is expected to make factories, farms, hospitals, bus stations, and other commercial buildings to save cost and resources under the premise of the sustainability of production more convenient power."

Commercial building photovoltaic solar power has the potential to produce a large amount of clean electricity, Skorupska stressed.

"However, this is still a quite undeveloped areas. The stiffness of the planning system has been the development of significant hurdles. Double threshold size is solar energy facilities complete planning before simple and effective steps to help remove department, to help developers avoid FIT subsidy rate decreasing uncertainty."