All Sustainability articles – Page 51
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NewsGovernment may phase in FIT cuts
Fitters may no longer have to hand back deposits to customers unable to meet the current tariff deadline
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NewsNPPF ‘open to legal challenge’ warn MPs
Parliamentary committee brands reforms ‘contradictory and confusing’
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NewsFriends of the Earth will lodge legal challenge to FIT cut
Friends of the Earth decide to lodge legal challenge after the government fails to withdraw its plans
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NewsScotland to get £100m for renewable energy projects
A further £100m drawn from the fossil fuel levy will be used to capitalise the Green Investment Bank.
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NewsSustainability Now: Watch the highlights
All videos and webinars from the two-day Sustainability Now conference are now available to view
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CommentFeed-in tariff cuts: No solar gain
The dramatic and sudden cut to the feed-in tariff has put the solar power industry in fear of its future, and led many to doubt the government’s commitment to the wider sustainability agenda. Vern Pitt talks to those affected by the perceived U-turns, delays and climbdowns
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NewsClients cancel solar projects worth millions
Move follows government’s decision to slash the feed-in tariff subsidy
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NewsGreen developer BioRegional Quintain to be wound up
Chief executive confirms firm will shut as listed parent company Quintain focuses on London market
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News‘Change of use’ policy could be watered down
Whitehall rows over plans to make it easier to converts offices in to flats, the FT reports
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NewsMears blames PV tariff cut for profit warning
Social housing firm writes off £2m in investment after slash in FiT makes PV commercially unviable
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NewsMore councils scrap solar schemes
Some have halted projects, but others hope to rush them through
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NewsFriends of the Earth threatens legal action over feed-in tariff cut
Green charity will seek a judicial review if government’s decision is not reversed within a week
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NewsCouncils scrap solar panel plans as feed-in tariff cut looms
Leeds council and Reading council are among those affected
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Comment
FITs: Time for a rational response
Feed-in tariffs should have been brought down gradually over a period of time instead of the knee-jerk reaction we’ve seen
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NewsWillmott Dixon completes eight-storey cross-laminated timber building
Contractors claims use of solid cross-laminated timber on East London apartment block saved 892 tonnes of carbon
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NewsFIT cuts threaten 25,000 jobs
Plans announced this week to reduce feed-in-tarrif to 21p per kWh
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CommentNew feed-in tariffs: The impact for the construction industry
As feed-in tariffs for PVs continue to hit the headlines, what are the key changes are being proposed, and what is their potential impact?
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NewsRLB launches sustainability ‘health check’ service
Launch follows successful trials for Tesco and the Ministry of Justice
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CommentFITs due a haircut but government has butchered PVs
There is some merit in cutting subsidies for a technology with falling costs but a sudden U-turn seriously harms sector
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NewsFeed-in tariffs cut could cost 12,500 jobs
Tight government deadlines for the end of the current rate for PVs expected to result in rapid loss of PV jobs