NEWS UPDATE: got a tweet from Greg Barker Energy Minister saying November is what he plans for a relaunch. The REA have just received the following communication from DECC. As you will be aware, DECC was planning to launch the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) for non-domestic generators on 30 September 2011. State Aid approval [...]
- 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 →
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September 26, 2011
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Some recent solar tweets from Solartwin: making and breaking solar news.
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! Solar news: 26 September 2011 Solartwin STOP PERFORMANCE FRAUD. Millions of £ probably already disbursed. RHI MUST NOT FUND NON-EXISTENT energy benefits. http://www.solartwin.com/stop-performance-fraud-solartwins-response-to-the-non-domestic-rhi-consultation 14 minutes ago Solartwin Our formal [...]
Improved UK MCS Solar Water Heating Installation Standard MIS 3001 Offered!
September 22, 2011
Solar news 22 September 2011: Will UK’s old solar MCS regulations be changed soon? Some influential members of the “traditionally-built” old solar-heating lunch-club have put the brakes on the UK solar thermal market for over a decade, to the detriment: of free speech (I have been ordered by solar industry top brass to shut op [...]
Some challenges for MCS and the RHI…
September 19, 2011
Heat Energy, DECC RHI, RHPP – UK renewable heating incentive scheme – green energy subsidy news 19 September 2011. Copy of correspondence to DECC/RHI and MCS [with my comments in brackets] Dear Sirs, I would like to remind you of some very slow progress in MCS and RHI and to ask whether there are industry [...]
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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