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This morning we published news outlining that three Appeal Court judges upheld the High Court findings that Government’s 12/12 deadline was unlawful. At the time, it was unclear whether DECC had actually been granted an appeal. We can now clarify that an appeal was granted, yet DECC lost its case.

After deliberating since January 13, the Court of Appeal has today ruled that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) did indeed act unlawfully. As a result, DECC has lost its appeal, meaning the feed-in tariff could now go back to 43.3p for <4kW systems installed until March 3, 2012.

Engineering firm, Spencer Group, has installed solar panels on its new headquarters – the Humber Quays building in Hull.

A new report published by analysis company Bloomberg New Energy Finance has found that cost effective, grid-scale energy storage could be closer than previously thought.

Cornwall Council has successfully proceeded with plans to install solar PV on more than 50 sites across Cornwall, including schools, colleges, libraries and leisure centres.

Sundog Energy has installed Cumbria’s largest commercial solar PV system at Lakeland Livestock Mart in Cockermouth.

Liverpool Council has pulled the plug on plans to install 4,000 solar PV systems on council-owned properties across the city.

The Court will rule on whether to grant the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) a hearing for its appeal against the High Court’s December ruling on UK solar feed-in tariffs. The Court of Appeal is expected to deliver its verdict at 10:30am on Wednesday, January 25.

A report published by Cambridge Modelling, which examined the impact of Governmental plans to reduce the level of subsidy afforded to solar PV technology in the UK, has warned that proposed cuts to the solar FiT rate will significantly delay grid parity.

The Property and Energy Professionals Association (PEPA), a trade body representing business engaged in the provision of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and Display Energy Certificates (DECs), has urged Government to reconsider its plans to fully introduce the Green Deal in October this year.