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Friends of the Earth, Solarcentury and HomeSun will today hand in an application to the High Court to challenge Government plans to slash financial incentives by more than 50 percent. The legal challenge focuses on supporting solar installations which were completed after the December 12 deadline this year.

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

DovecotePrimary School in Clifton, Nottingham has received over 200 solar panels thanks to Nottingham County Council’s solar scheme.

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.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that thousands of fuel-poor families living in social housing will face steeper electricity bills as a result of cuts to the feed-in tariff.

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) is to open a state-of-the-art training and operational facility for the renewable energy sector in Treforest, Wales. The £7 million SWALEC Smart Energy Centre, which has received £2 million in business support from the Welsh Government, is expected to create 250 new jobs in South Wales.

Kingspan Insulated Panels has had a 130kWp system installed in a continued attempt to reach the company’s ambition of net-zero energy usage.

Bisol Group, one of Europe’s largest producers of solar modules, has received a salt mist corrosion certificate for all its solar photovoltaic modules, in accordance with the IEC 61701 standard.

The implementation of the feed-in tariff cut from December 12 has lead solar firms to carefully consider all aspects of a solar installation in order to maximise output and therefore value for customers and investors alike.

A Warwickshire village has become a solar hotspot after midlands-based Eco2Solar installed 20 solar systems on residents’ households in Snitterfield.