{"id":945,"date":"2012-01-31T10:53:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T00:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=945"},"modified":"2017-10-25T10:30:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T00:00:42","slug":"would-the-solar-industry-be-better-off-without-government-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/would-the-solar-industry-be-better-off-without-government-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Would the solar industry be better off without government support?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/would-the-solar-industry-be-better-off-without-government-support\/administrative_affairs\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-979\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-979\" title=\"Administrative_Affairs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Administrative_Affairs.jpg\" alt=\"Sir Humphrey discusses the UK's Solar Feed In Tariff\" width=\"500\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Administrative_Affairs.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Administrative_Affairs-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2012\/jan\/27\/feed-in-tariffs-appeal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fascinating article this<\/a>. The UK\u2019s only Green MP, Caroline Lucas, takes to the pages of The Guardian to launch a broadside against the UK Government\u2019s investment policy in relation to solar energy.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Government this week lost an appeal in the High Court against a lower court\u2019s ruling that its retrospective attempt to change the solar feed-in tariff rates imposed by the previous Labour Government was \u201clegally flawed\u201d. The Cameron Government had tried to reduce the rates before the agreed consultation period had expired.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The court\u2019s decision is considered to be a victory for the UK solar industry however the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) is threatening to take the case to the Supreme Court. The future of solar investment therefore remains in an unhealthy limbo.<\/p>\n<p>Intriguingly the Hon. Ms Lucas touches on a theme returned to often in these pages: certainty.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Lucas argues that if government\u2019s are going to retrospectively change policy at each election, why should the solar industry believe them and invest in the country at all? Sounds familiar?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe central question is this: if policy can be changed retrospectively, why should business believe that the UK is a safe place to invest?\u201d she asks adding \u00a0that many solar PV installers and solar companies were now completely unsure of where they stood in relation to the investment process.<\/p>\n<p>We have seen the \u201cboom and bust\u201d cycle so often happen here in Australia. Solar companies, taking advantage of federal and state government supportive programs \u2014 such as a generous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/feed-in-tariffs\/\">feed-in tariff<\/a> for solar panel consumers \u2014 crank up investment in expectation that government support will continue.<\/p>\n<p>On many occasions this is turned upside down when a newly-elected government takes aim at renewable energy subsidy schemes as the prime target for their \u201ccost cutting\u201d measures.<\/p>\n<p>As in the UK, where then is the certainty, or level playing field, needed for investment in renewables in Australia?<\/p>\n<p>Is our solar industry better off without government subsidies? Would renewable energy companies in the solar sector be better off ignoring government subsidies and support which could be yanked at the drop of a hat (or an election)?<\/p>\n<p>Go to our Facebook Page and have your say on this. 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