Whisper it quietly at the moment but you may be hearing the sound of Amber Rudd backtracking on the proposed cuts for solar electricity generation Feed In Tariff's which she planned to implement on 1st January 2016. We don't claim to have any inside track on this but a number of things have happened that lead us to believe that there will be at least a partial … [Read more...]
Solar Energy UK 2015 Exhibition: New Solar Development
The Solar Energy UK 2015 exhibition at the NEC Birmingham (13-15 October 2015) highlighted some of the key trends and developments in the solar industry. Amidst the gloomy outlook surrounding the DECC planned solar PV generation FIT cuts we pick out some show highlights: Battery storage productsRoof Mounting SystemsThe impact of steep cuts in FIT payments from January … [Read more...]
Solar PV Panel Projected Payback And Costs In 2016
From January 2016 the proposed generation payments for solar electricity are likely to drop dramatically. Depending on the result of a consultation by DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change) the generation tariff for installations less than 4kWP are likely to drop to 1.63p per kWh. We are still waiting for the report on the recent consultation and it is possible that the … [Read more...]
Government Scraps Green Deal
Amber Rudd, the newly appointed Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, announced on 23 July 2015 the end of the Green Deal project covering household energy efficiency improvements in England and Wales. There will be no further funding to the Green Deal Finance Company and there will be no future funding releases of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund. This … [Read more...]
Feed In Tariff For Solar PV Panels Will Fall Again From April 2015
Following the 5% drop in payments for solar PV panels implemented in January 2015 there will be a further 3.5% drop from April 2015 (for 4kWp or less installations). This means that the generation tariff for higher rate installations installed after 1st April and before 12 July 2015 will be 13.39p per kWh compared with 13.88p for installations coming on line in the … [Read more...]