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As reported in, amongst others, The Guardian, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph, Chris Huhne has lifted a ban that has been in place for a quarter of a century, allowing local councils to sell renewable electricity to the National Grid. This could raise around £100m a year for cash-strapped local authorities in England Wales.

Lobbying group the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) called on the government to get its energy house in order after warning that uncertainty about proposed policy reforms is stalling up to £150bn of private sector low-carbon investment. Read more.

The world’s first grid-scale flywheel plant is due to open in New York by the end of the year.

Over 6MW of the 20.7MW of capacity installed under the feed-in tariff scheme since its launch in April this year has been delivered by the commercial sector. Read more.

UK start-up HomeSun announced a £1bn solar panel giveaway. But, says The Guardian, householders should be wary.

Small-scale wind turbine manufacturer Quietrevolution slashed turbine prices by 40% in an attempt to tap into the feed-in tariff gold rush. Read more.

Plans for a major new green power plant in Teeside have been announced.

All new homes are to run on green power by 2016. Read more.

On Wednesday the government called on large businesses and the public sector to act now to register for the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme, warning that with 50 days to go until the deadline for registrations they could risk fines of up to £45,000 if they fail to register with the Environment Agency. Read more. But, says C.A.T. schemes like CRC allow companies to "buy their way out of making real cuts in emissions".

The first wind turbine to be installed on Ministry of Defence (MoD) land was unveiled this week.