Solar Media Staff

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has released its latest quarterly energy statistics, which show that installations under the feed-in tariff (FiT) have reached 1.3GW across the UK.

Another week and another knee jerk reaction from The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Faced with the prospect that take up of Green Deal home improvements could be as low as 1.5 percent DECC – which would much prefer to be just plain DE – has panicked and promised to throw £125 million at householders in an attempt to ‘kick start’ the program.

The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has set out the true cost of supporting renewables ahead of a key opposition day debate over the escalation of energy bills.

Three leading scientists have called for for a moratorium on the building of new conventional power plants following research indicating that renewables could be implemented much faster than the majority of people realise.

PV-Tech is reporting that German manufacturer Siemens has announced that it is to sell its solar business activities as part of a reorganisation of its energy division and is already in talks with a number of potential buyers.

Five companies have announced that they will joining the three previous solar companies in requesting damages from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The companies claim that the “unlawful and unfair” cuts to the feed-in tariff caused substantial damages to the solar companies’ respective businesses.

The Government has announced that it has set aside a budget of £125 million for its Green Deal cash back scheme in a bid to drive the uptake of the greener home initiative.

Ofgem is proposing stringent new measures to help simplify energy bills and increase competitiveness in the household energy market.

An apparent shock energy policy announcement at Prime Minister’s questions has plunged the Coalition Government into crisis management mode as Labour accuses Government of making up an energy policy “like something out of The Thick Of It”, in reference the BBC comedy satirising the manipulation of hapless ministers by the government spin machine.

David Cameron has sparked confusion among his senior ministerial team after announcing apparently without their prior knowledge new legislation that would force energy companies to put their customers on the cheapest tariff available.