Solar News: Solartwin Speak at National UK Legionella Seminar.

September 20, 2010

Solar PV and solar thermal suppliers Solar Twin Ltd were honoured to address UK’s Heating and Ventilation Magazine’s Combating Legionella Seminar in September 2010 on the subject of renewable energy and Legionella safety. Is the usual twin coil solar cylinder hot water store compliant with HSE legionella prevention safety guidance L8? This solar safety video [...]

News: David Miliband’s renewable energy pledge unfulfilled.

September 10, 2010

UK solar heating market trashed because of broken promises made to Europe by   UK government. In a grim example of official idiocy or doublethink the European Commission has overseen the comprehensive trashing of the UK solar thermal industry by massively incentivising renewable electric systems such as solar electric PV systems but at the same [...]





Ding! Round 3 of UK government’s solar PV FIT legality fisticuffs starts.

Breaking UK solar news: yawn… Right up against tomorrow’s deadline, DECC HAS confirmed that it WILL appeal the FIT legality decision made against it in the High Court. The impact of this on us may be up to a year of delay before we actually know whether it is 43p or 21p from 12 Dec [...]

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Solartwin exposes yet another Legionella safety cover-up by old solar heating interests.

UK solar thermal industry cover up of possible Legionnaire’s disease infection risk in twin coil solar cylinders, via Summitskills’ National Occupational Standards document, is about to be cleverly implemented via MCS adoption, who are DECC’s gateway to RHI and RHPP solar grants for hot water solar water heating systems. I am not supposed to tell [...]

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DECC publishes plans for conditional solar PV FITs after 1 April.

Breaking solar news UK: The outcome of the (still legally-challenged) solar PV FIT consultation was published today, 9 Feb 2012. DECC PV FIT cuts: PRESS release web page. DECC PV FIT cuts: MAIN document pdf. Key points for domestic PV FIT customers are: 21p per kWh domestic solar PV FiT from 1 April confirmed, with [...]

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Solar News: Parliamentary Questions asked about Renewable Heat Premium Payment and Solar Thermal.

Stephen Mosley, MP for Chester, who takes a strong interest in energy policy matters, has submitted two Parliamentary Questions to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC): 1/ What plans does the Secretary of State have to support Solar Thermal Energy?. 2/ What plans does the Secretary of State have for the Domestic Renewable [...]

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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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