To help you keep up to date with this week’s events we’ve gathered together some of the top energy related news stories. You can follow us on twitter too.

Early adopters of solar panels and wind turbines could miss out on feed-in tariff payments

Why aren’t more early adopters of microgeneration registering for the Feed-in Tariff? An estimated 6,000 pre-existing installations accredited under the Renewable Obligation are eligible for Feed-in Tariff but to date only 2,500 have registered. Our CEO and founder, Juliet Davenport, wrote an article this week highlighting what she thinks is the reason for the problem – and calling for a fairer deal for all. Read the full article here.

We must be more prepared: Environment Secretary, Caroline Spelman says that Climate change is inevitable
 
Firstly, there came a stark warning from business lobby group the CBI that climate scientists and the government must better communicate the risks associated with climate change in order for businesses to make the changes necessary to cope with rising temperatures and extreme weather. Then came Caroline Spelman’s warning that Britain must focus on ”adapting to the ‘inevitable’ impacts of climate change such as floods, droughts and rising sea levels”. At Good Energy we believe that adapting to the unavoidable climate consequences is important, but shouldn’t detract from the imperative need to reduce our carbon emissions.
 
Amid concerns for the future of RHI, Chris Huhne indicates it is safer than we think

Recently there has been much speculation that the RHI will be a victim of the comprehensive spending review – especially after the reports issued last week on the unreliability of heat pumps – therefore undermining the Government’s claim to be the “greenest ever”. Last week Good Energy’s Commercial Director, Chris Welby, wrote a blog on why the RHI and Feed-in Tariffs must be kept amidst these growing concerns. This week however there was better news when Chris Huhne told a committee that heat measures are essential to hitting the 2020 renewables targets and the RHI is a lot safer than we think.

Greens slam coalition's "greenest government" pledge

Members of the Green Party have been stacking up evidence against the coalition’s claim of being “the greenest government ever”. Caroline Lucas has slammed the Liberal Democrats' U-turn on new nuclear and reiterated her disapproval of plans to scrap the Sustainable Development Commission and the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution.

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Dirty money

Not only has the Mafia been reported this week as laundering dirty money by investing in clean energy, but last year the World Bank invested record amounts of money in the dirtiest fossil fuel – coal – despite international targets and commitments to reducing carbon emissions.