The Department of Energy and Climate Change has tabled a revised cut-off date for solar FIT incentives for March – but only if the Government loses its legal battle.

The High Court has agreed to follow up legal action filed last month by environmental group Friends of the Earth, Solarcentury and Homesun, over the recent slashing of solar Feed-in Tariffs.

It would be “catastrophic” to delay the cuts to solar Feed-in Tariffs until April 2012, Greg Barker has warned.

Low carbon manufacturing and renewables is to receive a £125m fund from the Government, it has been announced.

The United Nations is encouraging governments, non-governmental organisations and the wider community to discuss what kind of communities they wish to see in the future.

A consultation into the Green Deal, which is thought will kick-start £14bn worth of investment in the next decade, has been opened by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and is seeking views from the industry and the public. 

Rumours abounded in the last week that the rates for Feed-in-Tariff for photovoltaics would be slashed and its duration shortened.

While the Conservative and Labour annual Conferences held in Manchester and Liverpool respectively, hosted the usual array of fringe meetings showcasing  the varied opinions of experts and lobbyists from the business and NGO communities, the conference platforms themselves had slim pickings on green issues this year.

The Energy Bill has been passed as law this month, and will pave the way for the legal framework needed for the introduction of the Green Deal in 2012

Appointments to the Green Investment Bank’s Advisory Group have been announced by business secretary Vince Cable.

The Government has insulated over 2.6m homes in the UK across three years, under its national energy saving scheme.

The Government has agreed with the vast majority of the 31 recommendations made by the Environmental Audit Committee in its report* on the Green Investment Bank (GIB), published on 11 March. The response**, published in late July, builds on Business Secretary Vince Cable’s update to Parliament on the design of the GIB on 24 May.

Heritage body the Society for the Protection of Older Buildings (SPAB) and a number of organisations and individuals in the conservation sector, have called for Government to consider the needs of pre 1919 buildings under the Green Deal.

The Electricity Markets Review White Paper, unveiled this month, as Dr David Lowry, SB policy consultant, investigates.