Blog > December 2011
Friday 23rd December 2011
Last
week I blogged about the impact of the Government’s decision to halve the
feed-in tariff for solar panel installations, which was about to come into force. But the situation has developed
dramatically, as BusinessGreen reports that a high court ruling...
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Tuesday 20th December 2011
Whenever energy or environmental concerns are
raised in public it is all too easy for the discussion to fall into ideological
or political patterns. It is rare that you see the issues spelled out as objectively
as in this recent blog entitled “the facts...
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Thursday 15th December 2011
Energy
providers are in the spotlight again, with figures from Consumer Focus showing
that complaints against the Big Six rose by more than a
quarter in the three months to the end
of September 2011.
EDF
Energy received the most complaints in that period...
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Tuesday 13th December 2011
The
Government’s decision to halve
the feed-in tariff (FIT) for small-scale solar panel installations came into force this week; and it
seems demand for solar panel installations in the UK is dwindling as a result.
Carillion
has put all staff in its solar...
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Friday 2nd December 2011
Next week the Government will launch its new
innovation strategy and the Design Council will also be launching its
own campaign to promote the value of design as part of the innovation and
manufacturing process. As part of the Design Council’s campaign...
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Thursday 1st December 2011
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has today reiterated that the government’s plans
for reducing carbon emissions are on course ahead of the expected launch of a
new “carbon plan”. This carbon plan is expected to introduce a new wave of
investment into energy...
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