IKEA is no longer selling solar panels in the UK, just two years after the company launched the product in all of its 17 British stores. In two months, the company did not renew its contract with Hanergy, its Hong Kong-headquartered solar panel supplier. While the world's largest furniture-maker did not cite any particular reason for the move – which came November 2015 after the UK Government announced it would reduce solar subsidies dramatically – an Ikea spokeswoman said that it would resume selling these panels by the end of 2016. According to leading news source Solar Power Portal, many Chinese companies have expressed interest in supplying solar panels to Ikea.
IKEA is no longer selling solar panels in the UK, just two years after the company launched the product in all of its 17 British stores. In November 2015, the company did not renew its contract with Hanergy, its Hong Kong-headquartered solar panel supplier. While the world's largest furniture-maker did not cite any particular reason for the move – which came two months after the UK Government announced it would reduce solar subsidies dramatically – an Ikea spokeswoman said that it would resume selling these panels by the end of 2016. According to leading news source Solar Power Portal, many Chinese companies have expressed interest in supplying solar panels to Ikea.