A recent visit to the Solar Energy UK 2014 exhibition at the NEC Birmingham (14-16 October 2014) highlighted a few innovative products that may well become stars of the future for domestic customers. My top five developments from the show were: Thin Film Solar PV PanelsColoured Solar PV PanelsIntegrated Roof Mounting Systems For PV PanelsHeating Hot Water Using Solar PV … [Read more...]
Solar Panel Feed In Tariff Remains Unchanged Until January 2015
News today from Ofgem is that the Feed In Tariff (FIT) payments for new solar PV panel installations in the October-December 2014 period will remain unchanged. A home in an EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) D band or better will receive a generation payment of 14.38p per kWh of electricity generated for systems below 4kWp. The export tariff also remains at 4.77p … [Read more...]
Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Announced For Solar Water Heating Panels
Further details on the renewable heat incentive (RHI) were announced on 12 July 2013 with the domestic RHI scheme planned to come into effect in Spring 2014, subject to parliamentary and state aid approval. The scheme pays financial support to those eligible for a period of 7 years with payments set at a rate per kWh of renewable heat. The payments are different for different … [Read more...]