The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has unveiled the scraping of 86 regulations and the improvement of 48 regulatory regimes in its efforts to cut red tape and bureaucracy.
read more... 09/08/2012
The UK’s electricity production from renewable sources jumped by 33% in 2011, mainly due to a hike in solar photovoltaic capacity increasing by 12 times, a trebling of biomass capacity, and a 37% jump in offshore wind capacity, according to a recent report released by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC).
read more... 30/07/2012
The U.S. Commerce Department (DOC) announced the imposition of antidumping tariffs of more than 31% to 250% on Chinese solar panels, after determining that exporters sold product in the US below its production costs. This move aims to protect US domestic solar firms.
read more... 18/05/2012
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced its proposals to simplify the UK’s Emissions Trading System, as a result of the ‘red tape challenge’ environment theme, which aims to remove unnecessary legislation across the board.
read more... 10/05/2012
The demand for solar panel installations has dropped by almost 90% in the weeks since the government has halved the solar subsidies to 21p, according to Department of Energy and Climate Change figures.
read more... 02/05/2012