Feed In Tariffs Boost to UK MicroGeneration

October 23, 2008

The announcement of the introduction of feed in tarriffs is potentially an extremely important step in  encouraging the widespread adoption of MicroGeneration in the UK.

Timing wise, many people have been vocal in their disappointment about how much talking and not enough action has been going on when it comes to encouraging the growth of MicroGeneration. This Energy Bill represents an opportunity to really move things forward.
As things stand the amendment states that:

The Secretary of State shall make regulations within one year of the day on which this Act is passed for the purpose of introducing a renewable energy tariff for a specified fixed period to specified producers of renewable energy.”

I just hope that the bill can be passed quickly.

It is also vital that MicroGenerators are included within the specified producers and that the feed in tariff is set sufficiently high to incentivise people.

In Germany, anyone generating electricity from solar PV, wind or hydro gets a guaranteed payment of four times the market rate - currently about 35p pence a unit - for 20 years.

The new clauses that have been introduced into the bill makes provision for different tariffs depending on the renewable source and the different types of energy generated.

The proposals should also clarify if MicroGenerators will be credited for all energy produced or just that which is fed back into the grid.

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