The CBI has now added it’s voice to the growing criticism over the Government’s planned slashing of the feed-in tariffs. 
While the Government sticks to it’s line that by reducing the FIT from 43p per kilowatt-hour to 21p would ensure the longevity of the scheme, the CBI said the decision to halve “feed-in tariffs” earlier than planned would force companies to [...]

Solar subsidies will be dramatically cut by more than 50% to 21p/kWh (currently 43.3p), according to leaked government documents that appeared briefly on the Energy Saving Trust website.
While the document noted that the proposed new tariffs were currently “under consultation and are not final”, the figure is in line with earlier speculation that the amount of subsidy would be [...]

A new report by environment group WWF suggests that drastically reducing demand through better energy efficiency would cut billions from the cost of reducing emissions in the electricity sector and the new investment on renewable energy would deliver certainty for investors and create jobs
The paper by GL Garrad Hassan – the world’s largest renewable energy [...]

Almost 300,000 insulation measures such as loft and cavity wall insulation have been installed in British homes over the past three months, bringing the total number of British homes that have adequate loft insulation to 58% and cavity wall insulation present in 58% of homes with cavities.
But Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne has [...]

The Government’s feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme (also known as Clean Energy Cashback) has led to a massive uptake in homeowners wishing to invest in renewable energy, with 28,505 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels having been installed since the scheme was launched, according to new government figures.
Domestic installations accounted for 97% of the 29,229 renewable energy installations – [...]

Energy firms had been paid a total of £900,000 by the National Grid in April to halt their wind farms during a spell of windy weather, it has been discovered.
The Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) found that six wind farms in Scotland were paid up to £300,000 to stop producing green electricity on [...]

Figures from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, have revealed that between 1999 and 2009, energy from renewables rose from five per cent consumption to nine per cent, while oil and solid fuels fell over the period.
In the UK, the share of renewable energy increased from 0.9 per cent in 1999 to three [...]

Since Climate Change Minister Greg Barker announced that DECC is proposing a 70% cut in feed-in tariffs for commercial solar farms from August this year,  the decision has been met with concern and ctiricism from many quarters.
Leading lights from within the Solar industry believe it could be the death-knell for installations of over 50MW.  Ken [...]

Following the terrible events Japan, there is now an ongoing crisis with reports of explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant and the Japanese Government issuing warnings that the current radiation levels near the plant are “harmful to human health.”
The human tragedy is inconceivable, and the whole episode has once more polarised seemingly everyone on [...]

DECC have launched a new web-based simulation designed to let give the public the chance to decide on our future energy mix.
The my2050 application asks you to decide where our future energy generation should come from, how we might reach an 80% reduction in emissions and also ask what changes to the overall energy demand [...]