The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court ruling that Government cuts to the Feed-in Tariff were unlawful and this means that solar PV projects may still benefit from the old rate for 25 years, if registered before 3rd March 2012. For those who register on or after the 3rd March the rate will be reduced and understandably we can now anticipate a similar surge in demand, as experienced in December.
The Government, however, has confirmed that they are now seeking permission directly from the Supreme Court and should their appeal be successful, then the lower FIT rate would become eligible from 12th December 2011. For further information, please click on the DECC website link and view the written ministerial statement on Feed-in Tariffs by Chris Huhne
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/chrishuhne_fit/chrishuhne_fit.aspx
This current situation is, understandably, causing a great deal of confusion and the UK's five leading green media companies have joined together to impose a voluntary black-out of renewable energy companies looking to exploit consumer confusion surrounding the Feed-in Tariff.
The B2B and B2C network of websites is to create and maintain a blacklist of companies that will be refused editorial and marketing space.
James Murray, editor of BusinessGreen said "Rightly or wrongly the government has created confusion in the solar market by again appealing against a court ruling that deemed its proposed cuts to feed-in tariffs were unlawful. But there are some adverts and claims circulating that ignore the nuance of the case and are attempting to drum up short term business based on misleading claims.
We are delighted to promote reputable solar firms that communicate with customers in a clear manner, but those that seek to exploit current confusion are only serving to damage the entire market."
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