Friends of the Earth Cardiff Cyfeillion y Ddaear Caerdydd

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Our supporters have done some sterling work on the Final Demand campaign and the feed-in tariff (FIT) issue in particular. You have helped keep the pressure up on MPs and the government.

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The uncertainty over the future of the UK's solar feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme continues, after three court of appeal judges failed to decide if the government's proposed changes were unlawful.

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The government has raised the spending cap feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme by nearly £200m to prevent the scheme exceeding its budget. It has done this by re-allocating funds previously earmarked for the Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme.

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The government today filed a request to the Court of Appeal against a High Court ruling on 21 December that its plans to rush through cuts to solar feed-in tariffs (FIT) were unlawful.

Almost 20,000 people so far have signed the Final Demand petition asking for a public inquiry into the Big Six energy companies. More paper petitions are coming in every day and the number of signatures continues to grow.

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The High Court has upheld a legal challenge from Friends of the Earth and two solar electricity firms, Solar Century and HomeSun, against the government's decision to slash feed-in tariff incentives for solar installations.

Facebook has pledged to work with Greenpeace to source more renewable energy to power its giant data centres.

The social networking company announced yesterday that it will work with Greenpeace to increase the energy efficiency of its IT infrastructure, switch from coal to renewable energy where possible, and promote clean energy to its millions of users.

Photomontage of the proposed Bransford Bridge Wind Farm. Photo: © SSE Renewables.

A new wind farm is proposed at Bransford Bridge, near Rugby. The new wind farm would supply the average electricity demand for about 7,800 homes.

Wind turbine producing energy at G24 Innovations, Cardiff. Photo: Chris Brown, Cardiff Friends of the Earth

Small-scale generation of solar electricity. Photo: Chris Brown, Cardiff Friends of the Earth

Small-scale renewable energy projects, such as micro-generation schemes using solar-electric and wind power, and community-owned energy schemes now qualify for Government support from a feed in tariff.