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Anti-nuclear pressure group, Energy Fair, has submitted a formal complaint to the European Commission about subsidises afforded to nuclear power.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has announced that it is tabling proposals before Government to provide certainty over feed-in tariff rates from March 3. A DECC representative has explained to Solar Power Portal why the department has taken the decision to table the proposals.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has now published a ministerial statement confirming the new feed-in tariff rates for solar photovoltaics installations completed between December 12 and April 1, 2012. In a bid to provide certainty to the somewhat frustrated industry, Government has now set out its ‘Plan B’…

A coalition of over 20 leading experts, investors, NGOs and Universities have urged the Bank of England to investigate how Britain’s exposure to high carbon investments could jeopardise the UK financial system and damage long-term economic growth.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will this morning lay before parliament its proposals for the future of the UK solar feed-in tariff (FiT). Our industry sources state that 21p will be locked in from March 3 if DECC loses the current court case and from December 12 if it wins.

Forster, a Scottish roofing specialist, has installed a Redland solar photovoltaic system on their own offices in Brechin, Scotland.

Greg Barker, the Climate Change Minister, has defended the Government’s flagship green policy: the Green Deal. In recent weeks, the policy has come under mounting criticism from interested parties, with the consultation period set to draw to a close today.

Adding to the growing number of solar manufacturing facilities in the UK, organic solar cell developer Eight19 has commissioned a new development and roll-to-roll printing facility at its Cambridge headquarters. The new line is expected to optimise the processes necessary for high-volume organic solar cell production.

Political think-tank, Policy Exchange, has criticised the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s renewable energy policies, calling for the “wasteful” feed-in tariff scheme to be scrapped completely.

The Energy Saving Group (ESG) – not to be confused with the Energy Saving Trust – has cancelled solar PV installations for 700 customers after taking deposits worth £350,000. According to Money Mail, ESG requested a £500 deposit in order to install a solar PV system on the roof of interested customers.