Pressure has been growing on the Department of Energy and Climate Change after the announcement on Monday 4th November that Feed in Tariff will be slashed by over 50% from December 12th. Many companies in the solar industry such as HiS Group fear this will lead to wide scale job losses and cause the industry [...]
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Shock Feed in Tariff cut
October 31, 2011
Today, Greg Barker officially announced the changes which the DECC are putting forward for the Feed in Tariff. A document leaked by the Energy Savings Trust late last week broke the news to suppliers, installers and customers who were looking to benefit from the current 43.3p rate for domestic solar PV installs. The news leaked [...]
The future of Solar Photovoltaics?
October 17, 2011
Solar photovoltaic technologies have been around for some years now however, innovation was slow until demand significantly increased due to Government incentives such as the Feed in Tariff. Since the increased interest in solar pv systems arose, there have been many companies trying to develop more efficient solar photovoltaic systems. One such company, 3M, have [...]
Solar pv panel prices fall further
October 5, 2011
Recent times have seen solar pv panel prices fall dramatically. This has been fueled by a surge in production in China as well as the Japanese solar pv legislation which was passed last month. So far this year, solar panel prices in the UK have fallen by a third with experts expecting further falls. The dramatic falls [...]
Irish Energy Index has risen 57% in two years
September 5, 2011
Figures recently issued by Bord Gais show that the Energy Index has risen by 57% since August 2009. Industry experts are not expecting a slow down in current price rises any time soon either. The rising trend is expected to continue as a result of rising energy demand from Japan and Germany where extensive nuclear [...]
November 9, 2011
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