Solar Panel Installation News

Ofgem confirm New Feed-in Tariff rate for Solar PV set at 45.4p

Monday, February 27th, 2012
The new rate for solar PV under the Government’s Feed-in Tariff scheme for existing and new installations has been increased by 2.1p to 45.4p, in line with RPI. The new tariff will replace the current 43.3p rate and is an increase in [more]

DECC announces Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) requirement

Monday, February 13th, 2012
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced the results of its consultation on the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme for solar PV installations:    A tariff of 21p/kWh will take effect from 1st April this year for domestic-size [more]

WRITTEN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT BY CHRIS HUHNE ON FEED-IN TARRIFS

Thursday, January 26th, 2012
As the House will be aware, the Government’s proposed changes to the Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) scheme are the subject of a judicial review.  Specifically, the Government has been challenged regarding its proposal to apply new tariffs for solar photovoltaics (PV) [more]

DECC loses feed-in tariff appeal

Thursday, January 26th, 2012
After deliberating since January 13, the Court of Appeal has today ruled that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) did indeed act unlawfully. As a result, DECC has lost its appeal, meaning the feed-in tariff will now go [more]

Huhne Announces new Feed-in Tariffs and cut-off date

Friday, January 20th, 2012
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne has today responded to mounting industry pressure by announcing that the government will lay draft licence modifications before parliament which will allow tariffs to be cut from April 1st for all installations completed [more]

Will DECC be granted an appeal

Monday, January 16th, 2012
The Court of Appeal met at 9.30 this morning to decide the  fate of the UK solar industry, gathering to make a decision on whether to grant the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) a hearing for its appeal against [more]

Government to Appeal against Feed-in Tariff Ruling

Monday, January 9th, 2012
In December 2011, Friends of the Earth and a consortium of Solar Installation Companies presented a legal challenge against the Governments unlawful cut in the Feed-in Tariff (FiTs).  On the 23rd December the High Court ruled in favour of Friends of [more]

Solar Subsidies To Be Cut By More Than Half

Friday, October 28th, 2011
    Government documents prematurely published online reveal feed-in tariff cut will double the payback period for householders Solar subsidies will be dramatically cut by more than half, according togovernment documents that were prematurely published online and quickly taken down. The [more]

Majority of worlds energy to be solar in 50 years

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
According to new research published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) solar could produce the bulk of the world’s power by 2060. These findings, set to be published in a report later this year, go beyond the IEA’s previous forecast, [more]

Npower to increase gas and electricity prices

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Energy company Npower is to raise gas prices by 15.7% and electricity prices by 7.2% from 1st October, it has said.   The supplier, owned by RWE, is the fifth of the “big six” energy firms to announce increases in UK domestic bills [more]