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January 2008

REA response to Nuclear plans Nuclear and RO banding announcements

June 2007

Solarcentury welcomes the launch of Government CO2 calculator

April

Planning restrictions on solar to be reviewed

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December 2005

Ministerial reshuffle

Last week's Ministerial reshuffle is notable for the micro renewables industry in three respects. First, the elevation of David Miliband to Secretary of State for the Environment in part reflects the Government's need to have a high profile and young moderniser to fight the climate change media war with David Cameron.

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Alan Simpson's micro-generation survey

Alan Simpson MP's recent survey of micro-generation in different Government departments provides a useful benchmark by which to judge the Government's increasingly pro micro renewables rhetoric. The survey found that of 11 government spending departments, only the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) had allocated money from its buildings budget to invest in "self-generation" schemes.

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