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 →
January 19, 2012 - UK's DECC confirm "plan B" if they lose their solar PV FIT subsidy court case. - UK solar PV FIT cut plan B strategy: - More Solar Subsidy Clarity for UK Solar Photovoltaic Panels Consumers! Phew... - Legal summary: DECC has announced that it will be laying before Parliament some draft licence modifications which, subject to the... More →
January 19, 2012 - ASA "Zero Carbon Solar" ban. We request Independent Review. - UK Solar Marketing News: 19 January 2012. - Following December's ASA decision to ban us from saying "Zero Carbon Solar", Solar Twin Ltd have requested an Independent Review, following up on some earlier expressions of concern, they have today... More →
January 16, 2012 - Six GREAT reasons to order solar PV panels this week. - Solar news UK: Six good reasons to order solar PV this week. - Yes, this is a naked pitch for solar PV panel business. What, if anything you wear while reading this is up to you... - 1/ Guaranteed 21p minimum feed in tariff. In response to industry,... More →
January 13, 2012 - Solar News 13 Jan 2011: UK Solar PV FITs Court Case Update. We Take The Wrappers OFF! - Solar PV FIT legal case UK update 13/1/2012. Looking at the assorted news stories, another period of waiting is due for the UK solar PV industry. Here is a collation of information culled from various sources. Many thanks for solar twitterers for... More →

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CAT – The centre for alternative technology
Europe’s leading Eco-centre with a wide range of hands-on displays on renewable energy and green living. CAT is a “living community” and environmental charity aiming to ‘inspire, inform, and enable’ people to live more sustainably. They have been in existence for 25 years. Clean Slate is their fascinating magazine. We also have a working Solartwin system at the centre!

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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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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. Anyway’ here’s our take on the story: On Wednesday January 25, Some time after 10 am, [...]

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UK’s DECC confirm “plan B” if they lose their solar PV FIT subsidy court case.

UK solar PV FIT cut plan B strategy: More Solar Subsidy Clarity for UK Solar Photovoltaic Panels Consumers! Phew… Legal summary: DECC has announced that it will be laying before Parliament some draft licence modifications which, subject to the Parliamentary process set out in the Energy Act 2008, make provision for a the new rates [...]

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ASA “Zero Carbon Solar” ban. We request Independent Review.

UK Solar Marketing News: 19 January 2012. Following December’s ASA decision to ban us from saying “Zero Carbon Solar”, Solar Twin Ltd have requested an Independent Review, following up on some earlier expressions of concern, they have today published a summary of their concerns here. 1/ Complaint Identity. Having only been supplied with an assurance [...]

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Six GREAT reasons to order solar PV panels this week.

Solar news UK: Six good reasons to order solar PV this week. Yes, this is a naked pitch for solar PV panel business. What, if anything you wear while reading this is up to you… 1/ Guaranteed 21p minimum feed in tariff. In response to industry, the government have just clarified that there is [...]

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