Time is running out to benefit from the £2,500 grant available to help you install solar or wind power at your home.
The Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP) grant scheme for domestic solar and wind turbine installations will end as of 31st March 2010, but anyone claiming the £2,500 grant before then will also be fully eligible for the proposed feed-in tariff as of 1st April 2010, but time is running out and funds may become exhausted before that date.
In July 2009 the Government announced the details of the proposed new feed-in tariff from April 2010 for microgeneration from systems like small wind turbines and solar photovoltaics. The proposed new tariff will pay for all energy generated by your system, irrespective of if you use it yourself or sell it back to the grid. The amounts paid are in addition to any saving you will make by purchasing less electricity from your supplier and any income you earn from selling your surplus power to your electricity supplier. So you will be paid for generating electricity, you will save by not having to buy the amount of electricity you generate, and you will be paid more for any surplus electricity you export. This whole process is automated by the systems we install.
Recently it was announced in the Pre Budget report of 9th December 2009 that revenue earned from the feed-in tariff will not be subject to income tax.
There are a number of case studies and testimonials on our website, but we recently received these comments from our latest solar customer, Mr Sherwood|of Oxton, Wirral…
‘We have been|completely pleased with the installation and your work. From your article in the Daily Post, to your informative website, to your initial visit full of facts and no pressure, to the attention given by Dave (and Ronnie and Brad) and then Mark, and finally Mike the process couldn’t have been nicer. Follow up visits to check on the system and snags were fast, efficient and, importantly, pleasant. You all run a smooth operation with great co-operation evident’.|
All the domestic solar photovoltaic (PV) systems sold by Eco Environments are Microgeneration Certification Scheme listed and therefore will fully qualify for the £2,500 grant and the proposed feed-in tariff.| For full case studies of recent domestic installation visit the case studies page of our website.
The feed-in tariff will be effective as of the 1st April 2010, but all systems commissioned from July 2009 onwards will qualify for the additional income from the 1st April 2010.
For more information about getting a domestic solar photovoltaic or small wind system from Eco Environments in time to take advantage of the £2,500 grant and the feed-in tariff from April 2010, please respond to this email as soon as possible. Increased demand is already causing shortages in some types of systems and to apply for the £2,500 grant you must have full planning approval for your wind turbine. Planning permission is not usually required for solar installations.
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The deadline for the £2,500 grant for solar and wind installations is looming
