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Civitas, Monday 9th January 2012, Wind Power : Inordinately expensive and ineffective at cutting CO2 emissions, Energy experts warn that unwarranted support for wind-power is hindering genuinely cleaner energy, www.civitas.org.uk/press/prleaelectricityprices.htm. Read the PDF.

31st October 2011, Greg Barker DECC Minister, Boom and Bust for Solar Must be Avoided

28th October 2011, Germany to cut Feed in Tariffs by 15% starting January 1st 2012, Source – Federal Network Agency

24th October 2011, “PV Price Index published by BSW in Germany, shows prices are halved within 5 years to €2199 per kWp (ex-tax) for average turnkey systems below 100 kWp” www.solarwirtschaft.de/preisindex, the current German Feed in Tariff known the EEG, stands at 28.74€ cent kWh below 30 kWp, and 27.33€ cent kWh, between 30 to 100 kWp, www.solarwirtschaft.de/verbraucher/eeg-update.html. Read the Fact Sheet.

3rd June 2011. Why Crystalline remains king in a dynamic solar PV market

26th May 2011 Insight map to the world’s largest 100 PV Power Plants

24th May 2011, Extract from Renewable Energy World Webinar, The Future of the German PV Market

7th October 2010 BFC exhibits at Business Futures 7th October 2010, Genesis Centre, Somerset College, Taunton, UK, Business Opportunities in the “New Green Economy”

3rd September 2010 Plus Energy Buildings and Lord Norman Foster Solar Award, “Solar Architecture is not about fashion, it is about survival”

28th August 2010 12 Green Tech Powerpoint slides that shook the earth

6th July 2010 BFC Solutions and Redpath Productions launch web-based Carbon Neutral Conferencing

2nd July 2010 Taking the Guesswork out of the Low Carbon Economy for SME's

22nd June 2010, The UK PV Conference, New Feed in Tariffs in the UK (FIT’s)

9th June 2010 Extract from Renewable Energy World Webcast, The Future of German Feed in Tariffs and its Impact on the German and Global market

20th May 2010 Making your roofspace or spare land FIT for purpose

12th May 2010 UK solar expert identifies solar business opportunities with new FITs

15th March 2010 Taunton Deane launch strategy for Green Knowledge Economy, BFC provides input to steering group

11th March 2010 Leading green advocates George Monbiot and Jeremy Leggett disagree on the UK Feed in Tariffs for Solar PV

10th November 2009 Mill Meadow Eco Tourism Project wins runner up award at the 2009 Regen SW Green Energy Awards

16th October 2009 Developing a low–carbon economy to spur the global economic recovery, Batten Lecture from Deutsche Bank Group, Taunton, 16th October 2009

9th October 2009 Mill Meadow Eco Tourism project wins runner up award at the 2009 Somerset Business Awards

19th July 2009 When the Wind Power Blows, Jobs Will Fall, Dominic Lawson, 19th July 2009, Sunday Times

October 2006 Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology, Life Cycle Carbon Footprint of Electricity Generation

October 2005 Emissions Reduction, An Economically Compelling Example, Dr. John Constable, National Energy Foundation