Green shoots in May 2010 budget UK.

March 24, 2010

UK Budget Spring 2010 Good but could do better – from a green perspective.. Chancellor Alistair Darling’s final budget contained some good news for green consumers and green businesses, although some said it did not go far enough in transforming UK into a sustainable economy. Business benefits included: A £2.5 billion one off growth package [...]

Solar Governance Wish – list. How to Reform the Microgeneration Certification Scheme.

March 23, 2010

Solar water heating systems = Solar panels + solar energy. Solar thermal: solar power & solar hot water. How to sort out the UK’s Microgeneration Certfication Scheme. The Government’s Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) is underfunded, secretive, unable to anticipate innovation and riven by cronyism and abysmal governance such as lifetime appointments for technical committee chairman. [...]





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 [...]

Read More | Archives

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, [...]

Read More | Archives

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 [...]

Read More | Archives

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 [...]

Read More | Archives

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 [...]

Read More | Archives


or jump to...