November Feed-in Tariff cuts for Solar PV
Solar PV panels – are they still worth it? The benefits of solar energy are obvious – free sunlight can cut your electricity bills, you can be paid for the electricity you generate (even if you use it) and you…
Simplifying the Green Deal
An Easy to Understand Guide to the Green Deal This week sees the launch of the Government’s flagship Green Deal initiative. Some have described it as being an overly complex initiative that’s doomed to failure, but in this article we…
Get Paid To Produce Hot Water – The Renewable Heat Incentive.
What is the RHI Scheme? On 20th September 2012, Greg Barker MP, Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, released the first consultation on the proposals for the domestic renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme. This document…
1st August 2012, Changes To The Feed-in Tariff
The Headline Cuts To The Feed-in Tariff On the 1st August 2012, the solar PV Feed-in Tariff saw another round of cuts, with the subsidy dropping from 21p to 16p per kilowatt-hour. This latest fall in the subsidy comes hot…
Smart Export Guarantee
What is the Smart Export Guarantee? After the closure of the Feed in Tariff (FiT), the government introduced The Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) which launched in 2020. The scheme allows growth in electricity generation from green microgeneration technologies. How does…
Commercial Feed in Tariff
The Feed-in Tariff is closing to new applications on the 1st April 2019. All applications for new installations wishing to receive the subsidy need to be confirmed before that date. The commercial Feed-in Tariff lets businesses and other commercial…
FiT Contract For Difference (cfd)
FiT Contract for Difference (CfD) is the new mechanism for electricity generation that is set to replace the Renewables Obligation (ROs) from 2017.