Renewables in UK Law
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Solar Century Holdings Ltd & Others v Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change
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The RO scheme provides financial incentives for the creation of generation capacity from renewable sources. It does this in the form of Renewables Obligation Certificates ("ROC"). These are certificates issued to operators of accredited renewable generating stations in respect of the eligible renewable electricity that they generate.
To be eligible within the RO scheme electricity must be generated by a station that has been accredited by Ofgem as capable of generating renewable electricity in respect of which ROCs may be issued. The RO scheme is hence a demand led scheme with all generation satisfying the relevant conditions being accredited. For solar PV it is a relevant condition that the generating station must exceed 50 kilowatts in size.
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The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change v Friends of the Earth and Others
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That conclusion seems to me crucial to resolution of this appeal. Modification of the FIT Payment Rate, in respect of installations becoming eligible prior to the modification, would have a retrospective effect. Because the Scheme fixes a rate by reference to the year the installation becomes eligible, reduction of that rate (apart from fluctuations in RPI) would have a retrospective effect.
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Welsh Ministers and Another v Rwe Npower Renewables Ltd
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The Inspector had before him the written and oral evidence of the respondents' experts and the written submissions of CCW. As the respondents recognised, the central question for the Inspector was whether the particular harm, or risk of harm, associated with the development was sufficient to justify refusal. They accept that the Inspector needed to ascertain the degree of harm the project would cause, taking into account the proposed mitigation measures.
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Anita Colman v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (First Defendant) North Devon District Council (Second Defendant) Rwe Npower Renewables Ltd (Third Defendant)
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That conclusion has, of course, to be read against the detailed findings that, apart from All Angels, insofar as there was any harm at all, it was "minimal" or "minor". The impact on the one building was less than substantial, and even if special weight were attached to that impact, the overall negative effects were limited and could not outweigh the benefits of the development.
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Barnwell Manor Wind Energy Ltd v East Northamptonshire District Council and Others
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There is a "strong presumption" against granting planning permission for development which would harm the character or appearance of a conservation area precisely because the desirability of preserving the character or appearance of the area is a consideration of "considerable importance and weight."
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Daniel Gerber v Wiltshire Council Steve Rademaker (1st Interested Party) Norrington Solar Farm Ltd (2nd Interested Party) Terraform Power, Inc. (3rd Interested Party)
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The final ingredient is the question of prejudice to good administration. As Richards J observed in Gavin it is perhaps of secondary significance to the issues, for instance, of hardship or prejudice to the interested parties. He also, correctly, observed that the interests of good administration cut both ways. In this case, on the one hand, there is the obvious need for certainty and reliability in decision making.
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Oman: Renewables project forges ahead.
...Renewable energy projects in Oman's interior region will be tendered out by as early as end of this year as a part of the sultanate's Rural Area Electricity Company's (RAECO) strategy to increase renewable energy footprint in the country, officials s......
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Renewables: Falling costs, improving investment climate.
...Africa needs to add a lot of renewable energy to attain universal access to electricity and cleaner energy. Cheaper projects are helping the cause. Ian Lewis reports. Until recently, large-scale renewable energy in Africa has generally meant hydrop......
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A Turkish dash for renewables.
...ATTENTION ON THE TURKISH energy sector has long focused on the trials and tribulations of the gas industry. In an effort ensure that the country had sufficient generating capacity, the government concluded too many gas import deals, which resulted in......
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The Maghreb looks to renewables.
...THE ENERGY POLICIES of Morocco and Algeria might be expected to be different. The latter is a major oil and gas exporter with plenty of energy resources for domestic use, while the former must import almost all its energy requirements. Yet the curren......
- Renewables Roundup
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DECC Announces Early Closure of UK Renewables Obligation
In our three-part series published last week, we outlined the possibility of the UK Government closing the Renewables Obligation (“RO”) scheme to new onshore wind generating stations in 2016, a yea...
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The Uncertain Future of the UK Renewables Obligation: A Three-Part Series
In early June 2015, the UK Department for Energy & Climate Change (“DECC”) was expected to announce plans to close the existing subsidy scheme for onshore wind, the Renewables Obligation (“RO”)...