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Update on the Renewable Heat Incentive
Details of the new Renewable Heat Incentive were published by Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne, this month. The incentive will encourage the installation of renewable heat equipment such as solar thermal technologies, biomass boilers and heat pumps. It will be funded from general Government funding, not through the previously proposed RHI levy....
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Consultation on fast-track review of Feed-in Tariffs for small scale low carbon electricity
Online responses are preferred: please use the DECC eConsultation Hub - FITs Fast-Track Review [External link]. This consultation seeks views on proposed bands and accompanying changes to the tariffs for solar photovoltaics (PV) over 50KW and farm-scale Anaerobic Digestion (AD)....
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Energy-saving street lighting 'will save council £684,000 on business energy bills'
Coventry City Council has announced plans to reduce its business energy overheads by installing new power-saving street lights. The organisation believes it will save up to £684,000 by introducing the lights, which have a dimming feature so that they can be turned down...
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Chris Huhne - Nuclear safety is number one priority
On 17 March 2011, Chris Huhne set out further detail on the UK Chief Nuclear Inspector’s report into the implications of events at Japanese nuclear reactors on existing and new plants in the UK....
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Greg Barker outlines proposals to protect green electricity scheme
Reduced tariffs for over-50kW solar Increased support for farm-scale anaerobic digestion Proposals to reduce the financial support available to larger scale solar-produced electricity have been published by the Government today as part of plans to protect financial support for homes, communities and small businesses. Such projects could potentially soak up the subsidy that would otherwise go to smaller renewable schemes or other technologies such as wind, hydro and anaerobic digestion. Projections at the start of the scheme had shown no large scale solar under the FITs was expected until at least 2013. Today’s consultation also covers proposals to provide added support to farm...