News flash (and pics)

I am sure you will have been on tenterhooks waiting to see what would happen in the courts regarding the feed-in tariff case. Well ... you can relax, the news is just in ...

The Supreme Court has refused the government permission to launch an appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17490096

So, the solar energy bods have won and the early reduction in the tariff (before the end of the public consultation) has been deemed illegal. The government cannot appeal and will have to pay according to their original promises. As we got our installation completed before March 3rd (on March 2nd!) we'll be eligible for the original tariff. This decision also makes the 25 year term of the feed-in tariffs much safer. Good news for the industry and of course us.

As this is a nice short post I'm tagging a few extra photos on the end of it: -

Drains being dug at the front of the house.

Glorious texture.

A freebee from the reclaim yard lovingly restored by Nick.

Felt like the blog has been ignoring the wall of late so here's a reminder pic.