Feed-in-Tariffs for renewable energy

Promoting solar power in the UK – We Support Solar – suggests that by providing a higher tariff for homeowners who produce their own renewable energy to supplement or replace that which is provided by energy suppliers could energise the clean energy sector in the UK, as reported by energyhelpline.com – Gas and Electricity news.

An environmental organisation, We Support Solar encompasses bodies such as Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace and believes that a rapidly increasing solar sector could be formed in the UK if the feed-in tariff was increased from 30 pence to 40 pence, claims the Ecologist.

We Support Solar said this could result in Britain’s take-up rising by a factor of six compared to existing levels, along with the Federation of Master Builders who believe that could lead to 400,000 new solar photovoltaic panels being installed over the next five years.

Seb Berry, of solar installation company Solar Century, advises that the construction industry has acknowledged the huge potential of solar power and therefore, the feed-in-tariff is a great chance to drive investment into the sector.

Wind turbines tend to get the most publicity in the UK with the government recently announcing plans to escalate the number of offshore wind farms to be built around the UK’s coastline.

Source article;

http://www.energyhelpline.com/news/article.aspx?aaid=19386675&y=2009&m=9&w=4&pid=1

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