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.
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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.
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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