New rates for the Feed-In-Tariff announced: New generation tariffs for large scale solar and anaerobic digestion under the Government’s green electricity scheme have been established. From the 1st of August 2011, new entrants into the FIT scheme will receive amended tariffs. The new rates for solar PV are unlikely to apply to domestic or small scale community installations.

http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/pn11_046/pn11_046.aspx

Addressing the Rebound Effect - Interim Report: This interim report looks at evidence of an efficiency rebound effect. It’s bad news for hitting carbon reduction targets. The report identifies rebound effects where lower costs for a resource such as energy or water directly result in increased usage; where efficiency savings indirectly encourage a consumer to polluter more; and the cumulative effects of both types.

More information here: http://rebound.eu-smr.eu/documents

Update on the design of the Green Investment Bank: Vince Cable has published a progress report on the Green Investment Bank (GIB) setting out more detail on its governance and business model. More information:

http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/business-sectors/docs/u/11-917-update-design-green-investment-bank.pdf

National energy efficiency and energy saving targets: A study by eceee provides a snapshot of the current use of energy saving targets and opinions about these across the EU. The report is designed to help decision-makers and relevant stakeholders appreciate how targets are currently used and how effective they can be.

http://www.eceee.org/press/Target_setting

Thanks to Bridget Newbery, Community Projects Manager for Centre for Sustainable Energy for these updates.