Solar feed-in tariff cut challenge given the go-ahead by judge
A judge has ordered an urgent hearing of a High Court challenge over Government plans to cut financial incentives for solar electricity. Environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth (FoE) and two...
View ArticleSolar subsidy cuts will hit community schemes hardest, industry warns
Schemes to provide low-income homes with cheap power are most likely to be scrapped under changes, conference told Workers install solar panels on a roof. Photograph: Simon Burt/PA Solar power...
View ArticleMore cuts ahead for UK solar as govt funds run out
* Current tariffs draw 55-70 mln pounds per 30 MW roof solar * UK solar installation target at 2,680 MW by 2020 * Industry angered at policy inconsistency * Installers, developers to diversify...
View ArticleFeed-in tariffs cuts cast solar future in a new light
Skewing the scheme in favour of small systems is reasonable, but important questions remain unanswered Engineers fitting solar panels to a roof at Silvertown Solar Village, Docklands, London....
View ArticleLiberal Democrats prepare to revolt over solar subsidies crackdown
Extent of Lib Dem anger at policy to slash feed-in tariffs revealed in secret document seen by the Guardian Liberal Democrats have been greeted with stiff opposition to feed-in tariff cuts from...
View ArticleFeed-in tariff cuts result in scrapping of government's own solar project
BusinessGreen: In an apparent own-goal, the coalition's deep proposed cuts to subsidies for larger solar installations have made decking out state-owned buildings unviable Solar panels for communal...
View ArticleGovernment loses solar tariff bid
In January three Court of Appeal judges unanimously upheld an earlier High Court ruling that the Energy Secretary lacks the power to introduce the controversial "retrospective" scheme. After the...
View ArticleHouseholders unlikely to recover green heating installation costs for 30 years
Government publishes the amount of money that householders can expect to be paid for fitting solar hot water systems A solar hot water frame on a UK home. Photograph: Ann Link...
View ArticleSolar subsidy cuts spark job fears
Energy Minister Greg Barker claimed the reforms to payments for small-scale solar would mean a bigger scheme that could deliver an "extraordinarily ambitious" 22GW of panels - the equivalent of 3.3...
View ArticleGovernment cut to solar tariffs blocked as appeal fails
The government has failed in an appeal against a decision which blocked its attempts to reduce solar subsidies. The court case involved the government's move to halve the payments made to households...
View ArticleSun set to go down on solar feed-in tariffs
The solar industry is braced for severe cuts to feed-in tariffs, which in turn threaten the industry just as it becomes efficient The feed-in tariffs for solar panels are under increasing scrutiny....
View ArticleFeed-in tariff U-turn dashes solar hopes for small businesses
Renewable energy subsidy review will cut funding to larger scale 'solar farms' and only domestic installations will be eligible Solar farms like this one will not be eligible for feed-in tariffs owing...
View ArticleCuts prompt rush for solar panels
The Government's announcement of cuts to the solar subsidy scheme caused a scramble in which more than 100,000 people rushed to join at the old higher rate. The Feed-in tariff scheme rewards...
View ArticleSolar panel installations halved, figures show
Weekly average is 54% less than last year following a cut to the government's feed-in tariff incentive scheme in April Solar panels on the roof of school building in Liverpool. Smaller solar...
View ArticleUK cuts feed-in tariff for solar panels
Households to get less money for generating solar power as subsidy is cut, but the deal is still good, says trade association Despite subsidy cut households installing solar panels can still get a...
View ArticleGovernment to appeal court ruling on solar panel payments
(Update) The government will appeal yesterday's High Court ruling that plans to slash solar panel payments from 12 December are 'legally flawed'. Climate change minister Greg Barker said: 'We disagree...
View ArticleGovernment loses solar panel appeal
The Court of Appeal rejected Energy Secretary Chris Huhne's claim that he had the power to go ahead with the controversial scheme. Opponents say, if allowed, the proposals would put 29,000 jobs in the...
View ArticleWrexham leads Europe's solar charge
The town moves into the renewable energy premier league after installing 30,000 locally made panels on 3,000 council homes A worker fits solar panels to a roof of a council house in Wrexham, Wales....
View ArticleNine in 10 homes will have to spend more to qualify for solar subsidies
Energy rating hurdle means 86% of householders would have to spend £5,600 to qualify for feed-in tariff Some 86% of the UK’s homes do not meet the ‘C’ energy rating standard that properties will need...
View ArticleSolar panel 'gold rush' predicted after Government loses bid to end feed-in...
The government today lost its bid to overturn a High Court ruling that blocked plans to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes sooner than planned. The Court of Appeal decision could lead to a solar...
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