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The Eligibility Date for FiTs is the later of the Commissioning Date or the date the supplier is notified that you want to enter into a contract.

The supplier is fully entitled to not accept the meter reading from zero.

Slightly misleading title.

The proposals are out for consultation until 6th May. Whatever changes are then decided will be implemented from 1st August.

So "UK solar panel subsidies to be slashed" would be more accurate.

The glitch was present in the 'live' broadcast of the recorded programme as well. The fact that it remains in the iPlayer version can mean: - the iPlayer version is a direct copy of the broadcast version (and BBC techies were too lazy to edit it?) - the glitch occurred during the recording (and BBC ...

Good luck Andy, can you afford redundancy insurance to cover the cost of the mortgage if you do lose your job? Check the regulations on fishing in estuaries. AFAIK a license is required if you are fishing for freshwater fish - no matter where you happen to be standing. And a more expensive game lice...

The main problem with getting more AD installed has been planning permission.

JohnB wrote:I'm glad I only moved to Wales. That can be bad enough at times .

I thought woodpecker's description sounded exactly like Wales!

(OK - maybe not the assassination bit)

Oh - and the 'horario intensivo' here lasts from January to December.

This report was published today: http://www.bis.gov.uk/foresight/our-work/projects/current-projects/global-food-and-farming-futures/reports-and-publications The Foresight project Global Food and Farming Futures final report and executive summary provide an overview of the evidence and discuss the ch...

hardworkinghippy wrote:What are those teflon things...

The ones we use are like this: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/37826 ... _bags.html

Usually available around here from a Pound Shop.

We make toast on the hob of our Rayburn - using the teflon bags you can get for making toasted sandwiches in a normal toaster which stops any problems with crumbs. It tastes better than 'electric' toast too.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9371000/9371410.stm and "A recent government study has stated there is a risk of global hunger unless something is done to avert it. Devinder Sharma, who chairs the Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security and Roger Martin, of the Optimum Population ...

It appears the comments about numbers of cavity wall insulation dropping were based on the figures in the Energy Bill Impact Assessment: http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/legislation/energybill/1002-energy-bill-2011-ia-green-deal.pdf Para 110 has figures based on estimates. The reason for these bei...

Stipulating that the renewable system in the sole heating installation is the major disadvantage of the RHI as proposed. You are forced to put all your eggs in one basket instead of promoting diversity. Immersion heaters are allowed as backup (hard to exclude these when many ASHPs rely on them as pa...

We've just done the same with the two bay windows on the front (north) of our house. Cuts down condensation in the bedroom dramatically. Total cost £15.

The windows are already double-glazed, but it is quite old with only about a 10mm gap.

Government incentives shaped by political lobbying will always favour big business.

The Deal does start to address the issue of people in poorly insulated rented accommodation so it has some merit.

But mostly it seems to be a job creation scheme for 'box tickers', something that we can't afford and is not sustainable.