Monday, October 31, 2011

Solar Energy - Solar Tariffs set to be cut




The Energy Minister Greg Barker told a meeting of solar industry chiefs that the subsidised returns on renewable generation - funded from consumer energy bills - were "unsustainable".



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UK and Germany cut solar feed-in tariffs
Optics.org
The cut is a response to the 5.2 GW (peak output) installed in Germany over the past year, more than the 4.5 GW threshold that was set to trigger the decrease automatically. If the scale of installations had exceeded 5.5 GW, an 18% cut would have been ...
Solar panel Feed-in Tariffs returns cut by more than halfThis is Money
Blow for home owners as Government halves solar panel paymentsTelegraph.co.uk
Feed-in tariff cuts 'will kill solar industry stone dead'The Guardian
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The Guardian (blog)

Sun set to go down on solar feed-in tariffs
The Guardian (blog)
Photograph: Chris Howes/Wild Places Photograph/Alamy Should ministers slash the generous feed-in tariffs (Fits) that have led to thousands of Brits installing solar panels on their roofs? If you listen to some, the financial incentive should be cut ...
Solar FiTs to be slashedGreenwise Business
Should you join the solar panel gold rush and get a tax-free 10% a year return?This is Money
Solar panel subsidy to be slashedFinancial Times
HeatingandVentilation.net -Lexology (registration)
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Solar Energy Companies Worldwide Threatened by Cuts in Government Subsidies
FXstreet.com
Electricity market sources say that several Western countries that are prominent in the solar energy industry, such as Germany, Italy, and Spain, have reduced their subsidies and tariffs to solar energy producers, because of the global crisis. ...

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Landlords face extra pain as solar incentive slashed
Inside Housing
Social landlords are facing an extra cut to payments for electricity generated from renewable sources on top of the 51 per cent reduction announced today. As expected the Department of Energy and Climate Change intends to cut feed-in tariff payments ...




Council set to fit solar panels to cut fuel bills
Power Engineering Magazine
The aim is to cut down on fuel bills at the properties and also generate income through the Government's Feed in Tariffs (FIT) scheme. FIT allows individuals, businesses and local authorities to sell green energy to the National Grid. ...




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