Solar Cowboys. This is a copy of an email which arrived in my inbox today. We are not a perfect solar company, but I hope we can do better than this. Regards from Barry Johnston. (The sender’s name and the location of the solar panel company has been deleted at their request.) Barry, I just [...]
- February 21, 2012 - 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... More →
- February 9, 2012 - 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... More →
- February 9, 2012 - 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... More →
- February 7, 2012 - 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... More →
- January 25, 2012 - 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... More →
- January 22, 2012 - 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.... More →
Almost 1000 kilowatt hours of free heat from a zero carbon operation Solartwin panel.
May 18, 2011
Solartwin delivers almost 1000 kWk per year – technology and installation details. I thought readers might like to know that a Solartwin user’s solar water heating panel generated 1002 Kwh of heat in 1 year 10 days. Here is the background. The results are from independent monitoring. The Solartwin solar thermal installation is: Located [...]
Solar news 17 May 2011. Solar PV prices fall again.
May 17, 2011
Surprise solar PV price drop! PV prices fall at Solartwin. Following an unanticipated fall in prices (we had been expecting a levelling off, or even a slight rise, because of international market conditions) we have been able to reduce our solar PV prices today for new orders to be completed in June or later. Fifteen [...]
PV Prices Down + PV FIT Subsidy Up = Unmissable Great Opportunity for Solar Electric (PV) Installations!
May 12, 2011
PV Prices Down + PV FIT Subsidy Up = One Great Buying Opportunity for Solar Electric (PV) Installations! At Solar Twin Ltd we have reduced our solar electric (solar PV) installation prices by up to £1000, thanks to lower component costs (costs which, interestingly, now appear to be levelling off.). Further good news on top [...]
News and comment: Will UK’s proposed domestic RHI be good news for the green consumer?
May 11, 2011
The domestic RHI – will it be good for UK’s green consumers? The quick answer is not in the RHI’s current form. There are several major issues here, some of which are being overlooked by mainstream press who are recycling renewable energy industry PR type press releases, rather than seeking hard evidence. Here goes… Will [...]
Solar News 11 May 2011. Three UK solar websites refered to ASA.
Solar Panel Sites in ASA Referral. Three solar “get an amazing bargain solar quote today” type websites making claims such as “75% off solar panels” and “we beat 99% of solar quotes” have been referred by Solar Twin Ltd to the Advertising Standards Authority, in the hope these players they will be asked to validate [...]
Solar News 10 May 2011. Another UK solar company breaches ASA advertising standards code.
May 10, 2011
George Monbiot vindicated in solar PV advert complaint! George Monbiot, controversial environmental columnist for the Guardian Newspaper, was quoted out of context in a solar advert by a British solar PV company. George Monbiot then made a complaint to the ASA. Here is the summary… An ad, in a magazine about sustainable living, was headed [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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