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Energy efficiency is focus of the Coalition's Green Deal
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 25th June 2010 at 9:09 am
Domestic insulation is top of Chris Huhne's plans for A Green Deal for housing he said yesterday at the Economist UK Energy Summit. He also touched on the (much awaited) renewable heat incentive as he revealed measures in the pipeline from the self-acclaimed "greenest government ever". To summarise…
Posted in: Energy efficiency
First review of feed-in tariff announced
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 8th February 2011 at 8:08 am
Energy secretary, Chris Huhne has announced a comprehensive review of the feed-in tariff to take place this year - a year earlier than scheduled. Rates are expected to stay the same until April 2012. Since the introduction of the feed-in tariff in 2010, more than 21,000 installations have been re…
Posted in: General, Solar electricity
Community owned energy companies thrown into turmoil by feed-in tariff review
Posted by Chris Rowland on 10th February 2011 at 11:17 am
Community-owned energy companies across the UK are shocked and dismayed at yesterday's announcement of an early review of the feed-in tariff by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne. A growing number of community-owned companies have been set up to build renewable ene…
Posted in: Solar electricity
"Onshore wind is the future, and it works" - Chris Huhne
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 23rd February 2011 at 11:32 am
Chris Huhne expressed his strong support for onshore wind at yesterday's launch for the repowering of Good Energy's Delabole wind farm: "I wish our fellow country people were more open-minded about onshore wind. It is the most competitive of renewable technologies, on a base with nuclear. And at …
Posted in: General
Just another day in the Commons - where we merrily destroy the PV sector with spin
Posted by Howard Johns on 29th November 2011 at 9:31 am
Anyone working in the solar industry will have been appalled, dismayed and almost certainly angered to watch the debate on their future and the feed in tariff that took place in the House of Commons. I was sat in the viewing gallery watching and despite the best efforts of Caroline Flint and m…
Posted in: General, Solar electricity
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