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Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to stop plans to increase the level of biofuels in UK petrol, saying it will do nothing to cut carbon emissions and cost motorists and businesses billions of pounds at the petrol pump.
A growing number of solar firms are seeking legal advice about compensation for losses incurred as a result of the Government’s move to retrospectively cut the Feed-in Tariff [FiT] for solar electricity, according to a leading legal advisor to renewable energy firms.
The UK's five leading green media companies have joined together to impose a voluntary blackout of renewable energy companies looking to exploit consumer confusion surrounding the Feed-in Tariff (FiT).
The British Photovoltaic Association has come under increasing pressure today after the organisation claimed it did not act alone in unsuccessfully applying to have the Feed-in Tariff court case shelved.
Juliet Davenport, founder and chief executive of Good Energy, scooped the top award at the inaugural People & The Environment Achievement Business (PEAB) Awards 2012.
Solarcentury has quit the British Photovoltaic Association (BPVA) in a row over its support for the Government's appeal bid on the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) cuts.
Following yesterday's decision by the Court of Appeal to uphold the High Court ruling that the Government's plans to cut the Feed-in Tariff for solar electricity were unlawful, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne has written a ministerial statement on the matter.
The Supreme Court has warned a final appeal by Energy Ministers over the High Court ruling on Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) will take around eight months to reach its courtrooms.
Chris Huhne has confirmed he plans to contest a decision by the Court of Appeal preventing him from carrying out controversial plans to cut the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity.
The Government has lost its appeal bid against a High Court ruling that its plans to cut the Feed-in Tariff for solar electricity were unlawful.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is considering further legal action, including going to the Supreme Court, after losing its appeal bid over its plans to cut the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity.
The Court of Appeal is expected to reach its judgement tomorrow over an appeal by the Government that a High Court ruling over its plans to cut the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for solar electricity were unlawful.
Government plans to cut Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) for solar electricity systems will delay grid parity and extend the need for subsidies by several years, a report has warned.
Investors were being invited to back two of the UK’s most commercially advanced marine energy projects, today, as details of the country’s first marine energy park – stretching from Bristol to the Isles of Scilly – were unveiled.
Wind and solar energy company Ecotricity is for the first time taking the plunge into energy generated by the sea, announcing plans today that it is backing a novel wave power device called Searaser.