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Muinzer T (2015) “To PV or not to PV”: An Analysis of the High Court’s Recent Treatment of Solar Energy. Environmental Law Review, 17 (2), pp. 128-135. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461452915576870
Abstract
First paragraph: This analysis examines two important judicial reviews concerning financial supports for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems:Solar Century Holdings Limited & Others v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change(hereafterSolar Century),1andBreyer Group Plc and Others v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change(hereafterBreyer Group).2The former case concerns large-scale PV systems, and the latter case concerns small-scale systems. The following analysis begins by addressing the background, arguments and reasoning underpinningSolar Century, then proceeds to treat these elements inBreyer Group. A Commentary section then juxtaposes and compares both of the decisions.
Keywords
solar energy; photovoltaics; renewables obligation; feed-in tariffs; judicial review
Journal
Environmental Law Review: Volume 17, Issue 2
Status | Published |
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Publication date | 31/12/2015 |
Publication date online | 01/06/2015 |
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Publisher | SAGE |
ISSN | 1461-4529 |
eISSN | 1740-5564 |