“Dark days” of FiTs fiasco are done says solar boss

The “dark days” of the solar FiTs fiasco are over and it’s now time solar firms to pull out all the stops. That’s the view of solar trade body boss Reza Shaybani, who believes the solar industry needs to stop talking about what it deserves from the Government and instead show what it can do […]

Campaigners champion legal victory over DECC

A campaign group is championing its legal victory over DECC in the controversial solar FiTs court case. Today the Supreme Court refused DECC permission to challenge a ruling which would have let it cut the subsidy paid out to solar power from panels installed between 12 December and 3 March. Friends of the Earth said […]

DECC solar appeal forced into shade by Supreme Court

The sun has set on DECC’s plan to cut the solar Feed-In Tariff after the Supreme Court ruled it could not appeal against a previous judgement. At the end of last year DECC wanted to halve the FiT for solar panels installed after 12 December, two weeks before the end of a consultation into cutting […]

DECC plays waiting game on FiTs appeal

DECC is now waiting for permission to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision on the solar Feed-in Tariff court case. The Court of Appeal had upheld a judgement which found DECC’s cut to the Feed-in Tariff “unlawful”. A DECC spokesperson said: “We respectfully disagree with the Court of Appeal’s decision on Feed-in Tariffs and we […]

DECC FiTs appeal disappoints renewable groups

Renewable groups are disappointed DECC is pressing on with its appeal against the court ruling which found its cut to solar subsidy “unlawful”. Today the Department is lodging its appeal with the Supreme Court to challenge both December’s Judicial Review on the solar Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) and the Court of Appeal’s ruling in January. Trade […]

DECC lodging solar court appeal today

DECC is lodging its appeal over the solar Feed-in Tariff case at the Supreme Court today. The Department is challenging the Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold a previous ruling, which found DECC’s cuts to the solar subsidy in December were “unlawful”.

DECC take solar case to Supreme Court to maximise installations

The solar saga took another turn today as the Energy and Climate Change Secretary announced DECC would appeal the latest decision made by the courts. Chris Huhne said: “The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court ruling on FITs albeit on different grounds. We disagree and are seeking permission to appeal to the Supreme […]