The Feed-in-Tariffs stimulated great demand for consumers to generate their own low carbon electricity, which was welcomed by businesses and home owners in financially difficult times. However with limited money available the surge in demand which the government didn’t anticipate lead the government to make the decision to cut the tariffs from 43p/kW 21P/kW in order to make the scheme sustainable.
Posts Tagged ‘ FITs ’
Shadow cast on solar PV technology due to uncertainty over Feed-in-Tariffs
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012Solar Industry in ambiguity over feed-in-tariff legal battle
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012The solar industry is still debating whether the pursuit of a legal battle over government plans to reduce solar electricity tariffs is worth the ambiguity it’s causing the industry.
Solar industry in limbo after government appeals to High Court judge over FIT’s
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012The government has appealed to a High Court ruling that said its cut off date for the feed-in-tariff for solar electricity was illegal. A High Court judge ruled that the government’s proposal to halve the FIT’s for solar electricity from April 2012 for installations completed after December 12 last year was illegal because it pre-dated the end of the consultation on the plans on 23 December.
The actual return on investment of PVs with Feed-In-Tarriffs
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011A lot has been said about ROI for PV installations. Everyone wants to know what kind of return they can expect on their PV installation. ROI is a tool, one of many, that helps to evaluate a potential investment and tells only a part of the story. Of course, the financial ROI is better than ever now with the introduction of Feed-In-Tariffs. However, the majority of the people tend to focus only on the direct income from the FITs and the related payback, and not on the less obvious but extremely important and beneficial advantages such as:
How to Build Sustainably
Thursday, April 14th, 2011How to Build Sustainably
Renewable Heat Incentive
Earlier this month it was announced that the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) was £860m set aside for technologies such as biomass boilers, ground –source heat pumps, thermal solar panels, and bio-methane projects, which use organisms to break down organic waste to produce the gas.
Subscribe to our RSS Q&A feed and get answers to common questions relating to EPC's.
