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DECC set to log their solar FIT appeal to the Supreme Court
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have today confirmed their plans to launch an appeal with the Supreme Court in their fight to tackle the continued Feed-In Tariff argument. Following months of angst and confusion in the solar industry and among solar supporters, the Government’s actions in launching another appeal with the Supreme Court is set to cause further anger among solar manufacturers and installers who are hoping to work with DECC to carve ...
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JHS Solar Solutions gain 100% from IWA
JHS Solar Solutions are proud members of the Independent Warranty Assurance Scheme (IWA). Following their installation quality survey, JHS Solar Solutions obtained 100% customer satisfaction, meaning that the team and products at JHS Solar Solutions are meeting the high quality standards set by Independent Warranty. This achievement is something that the staff at JHS Solar Solutions are pleased to see, representing the hard work ...
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DECC announce FIT future plans
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have today launched a new consultation, panning out the possible future of the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) as we know it. Released today (Thursday 9th February), the planned imporvements for the future of solar photovoltaic (PV) includes a 6 monthly digression for the FIT rate along with the new energy efficiency rating of D which will be implemented on solar panel installations after April 1st 2012. The new consultation, ...
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Solar panel FIT subsidy confusion
Following the months of solar confusion, the industry are still awaiting some form of confirmation as to what the current Feed-in Tariff (FIT) rate stands at. Since the announcement that the Government had lost their court appeal, the solar industry was buzzing with the sound of speculation. Will the Government or won’t they take their appeal another step closer to the Supreme Court? What does the current FIT stand at and what impact does the activity ...
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Your Feed-in Tariff Timeline
Since 31st October 2011, the UK's Feed-in Tariff (FIT) has been subject to a bitter dispute between the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the solar industry. DECC's actions in announcing a retrospective date in decreasing the FIT prior to the Government's consultation period ended resulted in a legal battle, putting the solar industry in a difficult position. Friday 28th October 2011: The Energy Saving Trust leaked a document revealing DECC's plans to halve the ...
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Huhne seeking permission to appeal to the Supreme Court
Following today's announcement that the Department of Energy and Climate Change's (DECC) appeal to the decision that they had acted unlawfully in the process of cutting the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) before the end of the consultation period, was rejected, the Government are now in the process of taking their appeal to the Supreme Court. By taking their appeal to the Supreme Court, the solar industry could stand to be in yet another state of limbo. The Government ...
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Solar Victory: FIT rate remains at 43p until March 3rd
It was announced today that the Government have lost their appeal in a bid to revert the court’s decision that their actions in changing the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) rate before the end of the consultation was unlawful. Today’s announcement means that the original tariff pre-December 12th 2011 will come back into place until the new cut off date of March 3rd 2012. In a unanimous verdict, a total of 4 judges have decided that the Department of ...
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Plan B in motion for solar PV
The Government took their final steps last Thursday (19th January) in solving the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) fiasco they suddenly landed themselves into last October. Since the shocking announcements which saw solar photovoltaic (PV) installations rocket during the six weeks leading up to the December 12th deadline to guarantee FIT payments of 43p, before the end of the consultation period had ended; the Government’s actions had been criticised by many within and on the outside of the ...
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Friday 13th solar judgement day?
Today is the day the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry has been waiting for, or at least anticipating its arrival. There is no avoiding the date set, to establish whether the Government's appeal to the court's decision that their actions in reducing the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) two weeks before the consultation deadline, is Friday 13th (unlucky for some). Whilst there has been a split in opinion for the solar industry between those that are pleading for another ...
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A week in solar news
They say a week is a long time in show business. Those who say this obviously haven't worked in the renewable energy market. Solar photovoltaic (PV) workers have certainly realised that a week can be a significantly long time, especially when the future of solar is hanging in the hands of Greg Barker and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The solar industry is campaigning for Greg Barker and his team to listen to the ...
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