The solar industry is still debating whether the pursuit of a legal battle over government plans to reduce solar electricity tariffs is worth the ambiguity it’s causing the industry.
Archive for January, 2012
Solar Industry in ambiguity over feed-in-tariff legal battle
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Solar industry in limbo after government appeals to High Court judge over FIT’s
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012The government has appealed to a High Court ruling that said its cut off date for the feed-in-tariff for solar electricity was illegal. A High Court judge ruled that the government’s proposal to halve the FIT’s for solar electricity from April 2012 for installations completed after December 12 last year was illegal because it pre-dated the end of the consultation on the plans on 23 December.
The Green Construction Board appoints leading industry figures to undertake review on green building incentives
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012A review on how to improve sustainability in construction is being backed by leading figures in the industry. The Green Construction Board has appointed people from inside and outside construction to look into boosting its green credentials and to look into the possibility of introducing government backed incentives to increase the demand for green buildings.
Green Deal potentially hazardous for old homes and calls for specialist assessors
Monday, January 23rd, 2012The Green Deal is aiming to help over 60,000 homes become more energy efficient and allowing for these improvements to be made through a charge on electricity bills as an incentive. However the government is considering a training scheme for specialist Green Deal assessors to deal with older homes due to fear that green energy installations could harm traditional buildings. Douglas Kent from the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), said the body is in discussions with the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) over the idea. Other traditional buildings experts say that attaching modern non-porous insulation to breathable solid-wall buildings could lead to damp problems as well as other damage and also be hazardous to health for residents.
Coalition governement discouraging investment in green construction
Monday, January 23rd, 2012The construction industry is becoming increasingly impatient with the lack of growth and public investment for green construction under current government policies. Think tank Edge criticised the government’s financial approach and wrote to chancellor George Osborne ”Recent announcements have not only directly damaged businesses gearing up to deliver a low carbon built environment, but critically have jeopardised confidence in the robustness and longevity of other government carbon reduction programmes.”
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