Archive for December, 2009
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond used his New Year message to promote renewable energy. He said how Scotland could take full advantage of the ‘renewable revolution’ if the Scottish Parliament had more powers, with equal access to the electricity grid. At present it faces the highest UK transmission costs to the National Grid.
However, the Climate Change Act passed in 2009 set legally binding targets to cut Scottish greenhouse gas emissions by 42 % by 2020. In order to reach these targets, all forms of renewable energy need to be employed.
PV Solar Panels capture the sun’s energy and turn this into solar electricity. PV panels don’t need direct sunlight and generate solar electricity even on cloudy days. As the Energy Savings Trust writes ‘A typical home PV system can produce around 40 % of the electricity a household uses a year’.
Grants of upto £4000 are still available in many part of Scotland when you install PV panels. New feed-in tariffs, due in April 2010 will mean you can sell any excess solar electricity back to the national grid. This means investing in Solar Panels is a good way to start 2010. You get a return on your investment and help Scotland achieve the 42 % reduction target.
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
The Prime Minister is anxious to secure a strong and fair climate agreement. If he is serious in his commitment, he will press ahead with Green groups calls for a pledge to cut UK emissions by at least 40 % by 2020, with no carbon offsetting.
In order to fulfil the pledge, renewable energy must be given more encouragement. One way is by introducing higher feed-in tariffs, which will help homeowners to do their part. New feed-in tariffs are due to start in April 2010 and PV solar panels are one of the best ways of taking advantage of the scheme. Cut your own carbon footprint and install photovoltaic solar panels early in 2010 so that you can play your part by generating clean green solar electricity.
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
In Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget speech, it was agreed that plans for payments to homes for all the electricity they produce from small scale renewable energy schemes will be tax free - this extends a welcome existing tax-break to the new scheme. Thanks to Friends of the Earth for this information.
The official estimate is that homeowners will save about £180 a year, on top of the money received from feed-in tariffs. The new tariff has not yet been confirmed, but is still expected to be 36.5p from April 2010 for every unit of solar electricity generated. We should hear from the Chancellor soon and then no doubt the rush for Solar Installations will begin.
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Saturday, December 5th, 2009
With the Copenhagen Climate Talks opening next week, what better time to think of how you can help bring about zero carbon emissions in the UK. As Mike Childs, Friends of the Earth’s Head of Climate change says: “The cost of investing in renewable energy, green technology and reducing energy waste will be far outweighed by the cost of catastrophic climate change if we fail to take action now.”
Installing photovoltaic solar panels are one way of reducing carbon emissions. Tim Bruton, the Chief Technology Officer of the New & Renewable Energy Centre (NAREC), reports ‘putting solar panels on south facing buildings could generate all the electricity needed in the UK’. In fact, if your roof faces anywhere between south-east and south-west you can generate plenty of your own solar electricity and with the new proposed feed-in tariffs, due to start in April 2010, you can make a profit too.
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Friends of the Earth reveal how small-scale renewable energy could provide 6% of Britain’s electricity needs by 2020. Fit Photovoltaic Solar Panels to your roof and you will help reach this target.
PV panels play an important part in cutting UK Carbon emissions and their installation on your roof will help towards developing a low carbon economy in the UK.
Climate Change Talks take place in Copenhagen on 7-18 December. The British government should show they are taking climate change issues seriously and introduce more ambitions feed-in tariffs by April 2010 – current proposals are for 36.5p for every unit of electricity generated – and reach that 6% target by 2020.
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Beat the Rush and install Photovoltaic Solar Panels Now
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is due to announce the final levels of the proposed Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) – expected to be 36.5p for every unit of electricity generated – in the next few weeks.
Alistair Darling’s pre-budget report is due on 9 December and the Treasury expects to give full details of the FITs at around the same time.
You too could benefit from FITs by installing PV solar panels and generating solar electricity. Solar Technology can install these with minimum fuss and with the new Feed-in tariff you should get a return on your investment of between 5% and 10%. In addition, solar electricity means that you cut your carbon emissions - a typical home, using a pv system, can save around 1200 kg of carbon dioxide a year. So why not contact Solar Technology now and get a quote?
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