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 →

STOP PERFORMANCE FRAUD! Solartwin’s response to the non-domestic RHI consultation.

July 26, 2011

News 26 July 2011. [Note: we seem to be asking for a lot, but the fact is that some really big, really stupid corrosions are happening, due to the combined nuclear and heat pump lobby virtually hijacking the RHI.] Response from Solar Twin Ltd to the RHI guidance consultation. We have three requests to make. [...]

Solar news 21 July 2011: RENEWABLE HEAT INCENTIVE PREMIUM PAYMENT DECC PRESS RELEASE

July 22, 2011

DECC UK gives money off green energy heaters “Getting money off an eco heater will not just cut carbon emissions, it will also help create a market in developing, selling and installing kit like solar thermal panels or heat pumps.” (Energy and Climate Change Minister, Greg Barker) DECC UK Press Release: PN11/064 21 July 2011 Up to [...]

The Guardian Newspaper Names Solartwin as Best Buy!

The Guardian newspaper has named Solartwin as a best buy solar water heating company! “We are all delighted with this great news.” Commented Barry Johnston, Managing Director of Solar Twin Ltd.

Solartwin Twitter posts to 12 July 2011

July 13, 2011

Note: if we say zero carbon solar in an unqualified way we generally mean zero carbon operation. Not zero carbon to manufacture: that would be bonkers! Barry Johnston @Solartwin Chester, Cheshire, England, UK Renewable energy news policy market analysis UK RoI. Nationwide solar PV & thermal installer. Developer: innovative PV pumped zero carbon solar water [...]

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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