Solartwin solar panels “superhome” open to the public.

February 15, 2011

Solar thermal panels, solar PV panels and a wind turbine generate renewable energy for award winning superhome! Meet Solartwin solar panel users, Tony and Stella Richardson, who are having an open day for their superhome called Ingleside in early April. Please book now to secure your place! The SuperHome network, created by the Sustainable Energy [...]

News – Solar PV subsidy review by DECC in UK – FIT tariff cuts expected by June 2011.

February 7, 2011

PV solar farms feeding-frenzy triggers urgent FIT review. DECC’s “Comprehensive” FIT review is “pants-off-scary”. RHI announcement delayed again until March. Solar industry “self-regulation” fails the consumer. Solartwin news: 7 Feb 2011. The UK Government is, in effect, doing a solar U-turn. Its solar policy wonks clearly got its subsidy level numbers wrong on solar electricity [...]

Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to Probe Renewable Energy Industry – scope confirmation.

February 2, 2011

Solar News: 2 Feb 2011 also 14 and 18 March 2011 Solar Energy Investigation. Office of Fair Trading in Solar Panels Probe. OFT Investigate Renewable Energy Market. Off-Grid Energy Market to be Examined. Solartwin Welcome OFT Market Study. OFT launch “Off Grid Energy Study” ahead of schedule. Solar industry included. Solar OFT Off-Grid News Update: [...]





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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