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• Consumers happy with feed-in tariff scheme

  14 December 2011, 18:05 Updated: 14 December 2011, 18:11

  A new Consumer Focus report – entitled ‘Keeping FiT’ – highlights the high level of satisfaction among consumers who have taken up the feed-in tariff.

• Poll: the British public wants more solar power

  14 December 2011, 15:55 Updated: 14 December 2011, 17:31

  A recent YouGov poll conducted for the Sunday Times has revealed that the British public strongly support the implementation of renewable technology in order to meet the country’s future energy requirements.

• REA denounce anti-renewables report

  12 December 2011, 16:36 Updated: 13 December 2011, 12:00 | Comments (2)

  The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has today hit back at a report published by the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) and the Scientific Alliance, which states that renewable energy is unsuitable to meet the UK’s energy needs.

• Germany vs. the UK: are we headed for disaster?

  21 November 2011, 17:24 Updated: 21 November 2011, 17:34 | Comments (1)

  Here in the UK we’ve managed to install a total more than 100,000 individual solar installations in just 19 months. However, with drastic feed-in tariff cuts on the horizon and a Government that doesn’t seem to understand, is the UK solar industry destined to fail?

• How to beat the ‘Big Six’ winter bill price hike

  15 November 2011, 16:52 Updated: 20 March 2012, 12:48 | Comments (1)

  During winter the average price of gas will rise by 17.4 percent with electricity rising by 10.8 percent. The price hikes are conveniently timed to correspond with the nation’s peak demand; however, a significant proportion of UK residents are willing to forgo heating this winter in an attempt to save money.

• Electricity prices to soar by 2021, survey predicts

  14 November 2011, 17:15 Updated: 14 November 2011, 17:19

  Wholesale electricity prices have been predicted to rise by at least 40 percent over the next ten years, according to a survey of 71 leading industry figures.

• PV manufacturing equipment revenues to decline by over 50 percent in 2012

  11 November 2011, 16:19 Updated: 11 November 2011, 16:29

  The latest quarterly-updated report from IMS Research has indicated that significant decreases in the “new” manufacturing capacity required coupled with a limited demand for upgrade or replacement of existing capacity will result in a projected market decline of over 55 percent in revenues in 2012 from 2011.

• Solar FiT cuts: how is the PV supply chain affected?

  11 November 2011, 12:58 Updated: 14 November 2011, 10:04 | Comments (16)

  In the small window of opportunity offered by the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) between the latest feed-in tariff announcement and the December 12 cut-off point, it is expected that hundreds – if not thousands – of solar installations will be added to the Ofgem register. The fact is: by offering…

• Solar FiT cut decision is “the latest in a string of Government own goals”

  11 November 2011, 10:08 Updated: 20 March 2012, 12:51 | Comments (1)

  Providing a much-needed boost to the solar industry, the UK’s biggest business group has come out in support of the renewable technology, claiming the decision to cut the feed-in tariff rate by more than 50 percent is “the latest in a string of Government own goals”.

• SmartestEnergy calls for a single rate feed-in tariff

  04 November 2011, 15:29 Updated: 04 November 2011, 15:31

  In the wake of Government’s recent feed-in tariff announcement independent generation consolidator SmartestEnergy is calling for a single rate for all FiT projects in the UK.