Sentences with phrase «carbon electricity tariff»

Various attempts to call a guaranteed price «a low carbon electricity tariff,» rather than a subsidy, have not satisfied critics.

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THE Gillard government will demand the states curb expensive feed - in tariffs that pay households to generate electricity from roof - top solar panels, and review other green schemes that threaten to make the carbon market less efficient.

I've been following discussions of solar energy on - and - off for quite a while, and it has always seemed as if it would be quite a long time, even assuming an emissions trading scheme or carbon tax, before solar photovoltaics could be a cost - competitive source of electricity without special support such as capital subsidies or feed - in tariffs set above market prices.

In January DECC submitted an appeal in which they noted that «the High Court's decision was based on the view that the proposed approach to implementing new tariffs for solar PV is inconsistent with the FIT scheme's statutory purpose of encouraging small - scale low - carbon electricity generation» But DECC said «The overriding aim of the proposed reduction in tariffs for solar PV (as set out in the recent consultation) is to ensure that over the long term as many people as possible are encouraged to install small scale low - carbon generation (including other technologies as well as solar PV) and benefit from the funding available for the FIT scheme.

Advised on the impact of the Department for Energy and Climate Change's consultation on financial incentives for renewable energy which include a Feed in Tariff («FIT») for small scale, low carbon electricity generation of capacity up to 5MW.