Solartwin seeks Green Infrastructure Bank in Low Carbon Budget.

April 16, 2009

Below is the text of a letter which Solar Twin Ltd has sent to the UK government pressing for renewable energy to become a major plank of the forthcoming Budget. Dear Prime Minister and Chancellor, Today we face three of the greatest challenges of our time: global recession, energy security and the threat of catastrophic [...]

Environmental Certfication ISO 14001 for Solar Twin Ltd!

April 9, 2009

Solar Twin Ltd has been awarded ISO 14001 certification for environmental Management Systems. This international standard of certification has only been achieved by fewer than 1% of UK businesses and is recognised world-wide. Said a delighted Barry Johnston, managing Director of Solar Twin Ltd, “We have always been proud of the service we offer our [...]

Solartwin advises UK government how to clean up the gateways to solar hot water grants.

April 1, 2009

Solar Twin Ltd have suggested formally to regulators that the way the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) works should be overhauled. MCS is the gateway for most of UK’s renewable energy grants such as solar water heating. It is currently set up in a way which constrains innovation and thus which stops UK from delivering the [...]





Solar News 25 Jan 2012. New Solar Gold Rush as UK Government Loses Second PV FIT Cuts Case.

Solar PV FIT cuts news UK 25 January 2012. 43.3p Solar PV FIT looks increasingly likely for a brief manic “use it or lose it” 5 week window. Barrister Edmund Robb is confident that the Supreme Court will refuse the DECC’s second appeal and has said so publicly. This would mean the full 43.3p solar [...]

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UK Solar PV FIT Cuts: Appeal Court Judges Deliver Decision Wednesday 25 January.

Shivers are shaking UK’s once sunshiney solar industry. Increasingly, tweeters are opining that 21p (rather than a reversion to 43.3p) is better for everyone because it will prevent a gold rush and excessive depletion of a limited subsidy budget. Anyway’ here’s our take on the story: On Wednesday January 25, Some time after 10 am, [...]

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UK’s DECC confirm “plan B” if they lose their solar PV FIT subsidy court case.

UK solar PV FIT cut plan B strategy: More Solar Subsidy Clarity for UK Solar Photovoltaic Panels Consumers! Phew… Legal summary: DECC has announced that it will be laying before Parliament some draft licence modifications which, subject to the Parliamentary process set out in the Energy Act 2008, make provision for a the new rates [...]

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ASA “Zero Carbon Solar” ban. We request Independent Review.

UK Solar Marketing News: 19 January 2012. Following December’s ASA decision to ban us from saying “Zero Carbon Solar”, Solar Twin Ltd have requested an Independent Review, following up on some earlier expressions of concern, they have today published a summary of their concerns here. 1/ Complaint Identity. Having only been supplied with an assurance [...]

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Six GREAT reasons to order solar PV panels this week.

Solar news UK: Six good reasons to order solar PV this week.   Yes, this is a naked pitch for solar PV panel business. What, if anything you wear while reading this is up to you… 1/ Guaranteed 21p minimum feed in tariff. In response to industry, the government have just clarified that there is [...]

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