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After deliberating since January 13, the Court of Appeal has today found against the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) at a hearing for its appeal against the High Court’s December ruling on UK solar feed-in tariffs. This means the feed-in tariff could now go back to 43.3p/kWh for <4kW systems installed until March [...]
January 9th 2012 Feed-in tariff – latest update If you’re having trouble keeping up with the latest news on the government’s feed-in tariff, you’re not alone. As there’s a general lack of clarity on the current situation, we thought we’d take the opportunity to bring you up to date and explain how the likely outcomes [...]
We are based on Gilwilly Insustrial Estate in Penrith, as you come into Gilwilly passing David Hayton’s on your left instead of going round the corner go straight on keeping left then keep going on driving down the road untill you see Doug’s diner on your right and take the left hand turn opposite, you [...]
A GOVERNMENT Minister has pledged to take up a campaign being led by a Cumbrian renewable energy company. Read the article on the Cumberland & Westmorland Herald Website
“If you’ve got a bit of spare cash, it’s better to invest it in solar photovoltaic than putting your money in a building society,” says Charles Couzens, executive director of Ecos Trust, a Somerset-based charity that provides advice on sustainable building. He points out that you can get a healthy financial return of between 6 [...]
Britain has underestimated the potential of solar energy and the government needs to reappraise the technology because of rapidly falling costs, according to energy and climate minister Greg Barker. Read Article on the Guardian Website
RORY Stewart, MP for Penrith and the Border, visited Bolton village hall where he met and chatted with committee members and saw the newly-installed photovoltaic cells. Read the article on the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald website
A new campaign is calling for local councils to stop making it difficult for householders to install renewable energy. Read all about it on the You Gen website
Renewable energy is the cash crop of the future for British farmers There’s a new beast on the loose in the countryside… Read the full article on telegraph.co.uk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/7945714/Renewable-energy-is-the-cash-crop-of-the-future-for-British-farmers.html
Government launches scheme to light a fire under microgenerators, and help them save – and make – money. Short-term, the prospects for home-energy prices are looking brighter – British Gas has just reduced tariffs by 7 per cent and the other big suppliers are likely to follow. However, Ofgem, the regulator, is warning that down [...]
The solar-panel business is sizzling. And with a new tax break announced, sales could go through the roof. After three years at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, Matthew Trewhella returned home to Cornwall in 2000 for what he thought would be a simpler life — as well as an inevitable change of career. “There’s [...]
Tariffs for solar panels pay eight per cent a year – at taxpayers’ expense Until last week, there was very little reason to stick expensive electricity-producing solar panels on your roof unless you passionately believed in joining the crusade against global warming. Now, however, there is a strong financial case to do so Read the [...]
The UK’s renewable energy industry is gearing up for a demand boom following the government’s announcement on Monday of a more generous than expected subsidy scheme. Read the full article on Ft.com http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/26fb8a42-0f62-11df-a450-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
Families can earn £900 a year by installing solar panels on their roofs as part of a new Government scheme to pay people to generate their own electricity. Read the full article on Telegraph.co.uk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/7129685/Solar-panels-and-other-renewables-will-be-installed-on-one-in-ten-homes.html
It costs £12,500 to install solar cells on your roof, but new tariffs should give you a return of at least £25,000. So what’s the catch? There isn’t one, says Miles Brignall Read the full article on Guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/feb/06/solar-power-bright-investment
