Energy Minister Greg Barker MP visiting the Birchwood High School PV installation in November 2010.

Many school PV projects slightly larger than Birchwood’s are now on hold following the DECCs shock decision to include all PV down to 50 kWp in the fast-track review.

Chris Huhne MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, speech to LGA Annual conference 7th July 2010

“By the end of the year, I hope local authorities will be able to sell electricity from renewables – generating revenue to help local services and keep Council Tax down: local communities, truly benefiting from the low-carbon transition. This will allow local authorities to take full advantage of the incentives that are available through feed-in tariffs to invest in renewable energy on their own buildings. We are also keen for local authorities to work with other partners on community scale renewable electricity schemes which can be supported by FITs.”

Charles Hendry MP (then Shadow Energy Minister) signing a solar PV slate in support of solar in 2009