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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
Future of feed-in tariff leaks out early
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 28th October 2011 at 9:57 am
The consultation on the review of the feed-in tariff for solar PV is due to be announced in parliament on Monday 31 October. However, the significant element for the domestic market has leaked out early: the new rate to be consulted on is 21p per kWh (compared to a current rate of 43.3p). This will …
Posted in: General
Solar feed-in tariff consultation is a sham, say YouGen users
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 21st December 2011 at 12:26 pm
Disingenuous. Suspicious. Untrustworthy. These are just some of the words used by respondents to our recent survey (pdf) to describe the government's consultation on the feed-in tariff (FIT) review. By setting a cut off date for installations that is before the end of the consultation the governm…
Posted in: Solar electricity
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