Monday, January 25th, 2010
John Moriarty from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, speaking at the Microgeneration Forum on 22nd January, said that the Feed-in Tariff rates would be confirmed on 1st, 2nd or 3rd February. It is still expected that the rate for domestic customers will be 36.5p for every unit of solar electricity generated, with an additional 5p per unit for solar electricity exported to the National Grid.
There are still grants available towards installation of PV solar panels – up to £4000 per property in Scotland and up to £2500 in the rest of the UK – up until March 2010. If you want to take advantage of both grant and Feed-in tariff, you need to act NOW – there is bound to be a rush for PV panel installations, when the tariffs are confirmed. Why not e-mail or telephone for a quotation and site visit TODAY, so that you too can benefit from both grant and feed-in tariff.
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
In Scotland, grants are still available of up to £4000 per property and up to £2500 in the rest of the UK. But, you need to hurry; these are due to end in March 2010, when the proposed Feed-in Tariff of 36.5p per unit of solar electricity generated comes into force. If you install PV Solar Panels before March you could benefit from both grant and the Feed-in Tariff, which makes solar panels a good investment choice.
Why not visit www.energysavingtrust.org.uk. The Energy Savings Trust provide independent advise or go to the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s website – www.lowcarbonbuilding.org.uk - and look at the Low Carbon Buildings Programme, which gives details of grants.
Then arrange for a site survey and quotation for a PV solar panel installation from an accredited installer, under the Microgeneration certification scheme. And before you know it, you’ll not only be making savings on your electricity bill, but receiving a tax-free income from any excess solar electricity you generate too.
As the Government’s white paper says: an average household, with well-sited PV panels, could receive over £800 income, plus bill savings of around £140, a year. There couldn’t be a better time, so why not telephone or e-mail for a quote TODAY!
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
On 14 January, Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Miliband said: “The recession will not deflect the Government’s efforts to cut emissions and move to a low carbon economy. We will not let up on the fight against climate change, instead we must redouble our efforts at home and internationally so the UK emerges from the global downturn building on the opportunities and benefits a low carbon future will bring.”
It looks as though Miliband will be confirming the rate of the Feed-in Tariffs, expected to be 36.5 p for every unit of electricity generated, soon. His press release says: ‘We will shortly be setting out details of our ‘clean energy cash-back’ schemes for people and businesses that generate low carbon heat and electricity.”
If you want to benefit from these tariffs and make a profit by generating your own solar electricity, you need to act now and have a PV Solar Panel Installation up and ready by April 2010, when the Feed-in tariff comes into force.
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Yesterday (11 January), the Environmental Audit Committee reported to the Government that the current speed of UK Carbon Cutting Measures was too slow. If the UK is to try and keep temperature rises below 30 percent by 2020, carbon emissions must be reduced by 42 percent by 2020.
The Committee’s Chair, Tim Yeo MP, said that we must meet our targets more quickly and so send a clear signal to developing countries that the UK is serious about making an international deal on carbon reduction work.
To achieve such targets the Government must increase its backing of renewable energy. Solar electricity has an important part to play in enabling carbon reductions to take place. If every home in the UK, with a roof facing between south-west and south-east, installed photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, the UK’s chances of reaching these targets would be greatly increased.
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