“To PV or not to PV”: An Analysis of the High Court’s Recent Treatment of Solar Energy

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Abstract

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 (hereafter Solar Century), and Breyer Group Plc and Others v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (hereafter Breyer Group). The 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 underpinning Solar Century,then proceeds to treat these elements in Breyer Group. A Commentary section then juxtaposes and compares both of the decisions
Original languageEnglish
JournalEnvironmental Law Review
Volume17
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 5 Jun 2015

Bibliographical note

Muinzer, Thomas L. ‘“To PV or not to PV”: An Analysis of the High Court’s Recent Treatment of Solar Energy’ (2015) Environmental Law Review Vol.17(2): 128-135.

Solar Century Holdings Limited & Others v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change [2014] EWHC 3677 (Admin); Breyer Group Plc and Others v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change [2014] EWHC 2257

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