Renewables, Waste and the Environment eBulletin, April 2011

Renewables, Waste and the Environment eBulletin

In this issue:

•	FITs end first year with a whimper and a bang
•	The Renewable Heat Incentive unveiled
•	What's happened to Civil Sanctions?

Welcome to our Spring Renewables, Waste and the Environment eBulletin, in this edition, we will look at some of the issues which might affect your business including updates on FITs, the Renewable Heat Incentive and the civil sanctions for environmental permitting offences.

I hope you find this eBulletin useful and interesting.

Please let me know if you have any suggestions about any other information that you would like to see in the eBulletin or any other way in which we can improve it.

Yours sincerely

Michael Krantz
Partner
DMH Stallard
Tel 020 7822 1630
Michael.Krantz@dmhstallard

Find out more about our specialist Renewables, Waste and the Environment Team.

FITs end first year with a whimper and a bang

In our last issue, we predicted that the Government’s planned review of the Feed-In-Tariff (FIT) regime, announced in the CSR, would be brought forward and urged those looking to take advantage of the present rates to act quickly. Sure enough, the...

The Renewable Heat Incentive unveiled

While the additional support available through FITs dries up for some sectors of the renewable energy market, a new source of support may finally be coming on stream for others through the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). DECC revealed the details of the...

What's happened to Civil Sanctions?

The Environment Agency was supposed to have gained the power to use civil sanctions for environmental permitting offences this month but in February this year, Defra withdrew these powers, announcing at the same time that the Government wanted to agree a...

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