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Plug into the Sun,celebrated a brief victory last week as the government was defeated in the Court of Appeal. It was ruled that the government had acted illegally on two counts: firstly because the government did not have the power to implement changes to the feed in tariff before the end of the consultation period and secondly because it was seen to go against statute...

Technically the FIT has been back to 43p since the High Court ruled a cut would be illegal in December. There is a chance the tariff could go back down again if the Government is successful in one of its outstanding appeals, though at each stage they lose that becomes increasingly less likely...

At the end of last week, Solar Century, HomeSun and environmental group Friends of the Earth won permission to seek a ruling in the High Court that the decision to slash FITs payments was unlawful...

The legality of the government’s actions to reduce the solar FiT are being challenged by Penzance based installers, Plug into the Sun. The Solar PV installations company believes that the government has acted illegally by implementing the cuts in the feed-in tariff 11 days before the consultation period is over...

Britain’s First Energy Shop Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network (WREN) is bringing Britain’s first Energy Shop to The Platt in Wadebridge, and will open triumphantly on Friday December 9th on the first night of the town’s annual late night shopping...

Solarcentury film shortlisted for COP17 film award A short film about one Cornish town’s determination to produce their power from solar has been shortlisted for a film award at COP17, the United Nations Climate Change Convention (UNFCC), for exploring resilience to climate change...

Solar companies will march on Parliament on November 22nd to show their opposition to the proposed cuts to the feed-in tariff. The march is organised by Our Solar Future and aims to show the government the consequences of the cuts...

Solar power companies have been left in chaos as customers clamour to get their installations fully operational before the current feed in tariff rate drops to 21p/kWh...

Monday 31st October the government announced the revised Feed-in-Tariff for solar panels, the rate is currently 43.3p per kWh produced, tracking RPI for the next 25 years...

"Britain's First Solar Powered Town? Episode three" is the third of four short films documenting one towns' shift to solar power. The first film was published at the end of May this year, brought to you by Solarcentury in conjunction with Third Channel Productions...