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		<title>UK Feed In Tariffs make solar panels and wind turbines a good investment</title>
		<link>http://greengreenenergy.net/solar-power/solar-panels-solar-power/uk-feed-in-tariffs-make-solar-panels-and-wind-turbines-a-good-investment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glenn333</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Installing solar panels or a wind turbine can be a very good investment in the UK thanks to the feed in tariffs which pay householders a tax-free, index linked income for the energy they produce, providing over a 10% annual return. The tariffs pay up to 41.3p for every 1kWh of electricity produced using solar panels and an extra 3p per unit on top for any surplus electricity sold back to the grid. The average cost of home solar panel installation is £14,000. From this outlay, Ownenergy, a company that advises consumers on renewable energy, suggest that averge 3 or 4 bedroom hosue can expect a return of approx £950 per year. Given that the income is tax free the return is equivalent to 12.9% for a 50% taxpayer and 10.3% for  a 40% taxpayer, with the investment being recouped in as little as 7 years. Electricity feed in tariffs were introduced by the UK government in April 2010 as a means of encouraging householders to install solar panels or wind turbines.]]></description>
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		<title>UK home owners make money from solar panels</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glenn333</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UK: From today British home owners can  earn money for the electricity solar PV produces under the feed-in tariff (also known as ‘clean energy cash-back’). The feed-in tariffs have been a long time coming but they have already increased demand and you can earn up to 8% return on investment. The tax free, index linked payments work on two levels: Generation tariff – depending on the size of panels, you are paid per kilowatt hour (kWh) of metered energy that panels generate, regardless of whether you use that energy or sell it to the grid. A typical solar system of less than 4 kWp will produce 41.3p per kWh. Export tariff – whatever size panels you have, you can choose to receive either 3p per kWh of electricity or sell it on the open market. Depending on your energy usage you may need to draw extra electricity from the grid, but the EST say a 2.5 kWp system could produce half a home’s heating needs. Ed Miliband, Energy and Climate Secretary says: “The guarantee of getting an income on top of saving on energy bills will be an incentive to those wanting to make the move to low carbon living. ”]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Solar power ahead of targets</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glenn333</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK  can achieve grid parity for households by 2013, seven years sooner than expected says Jeremy Leggett, founder of Britain&#8217;s Solar Century.  Its is believed that south-facing roofs and facades in Britain could one day provide a third of UK electricity needs.]]></description>
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		<title>Solar panels do not need sun</title>
		<link>http://greengreenenergy.net/solar-power/solar-panels-do-not-need-sun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glenn333</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Householders convinced that the UK does not have enough sunshine to effectively use solar panels are &#8216;wrong&#8217;, according to a domestic solar panel advisor. The UK energy advisor Heat my Home has explained that the panels operate on solar radiation not sun rays and the UK gets enough of this to run solar. Stuart Lovatt of Heat my Home said: &#8220;One unique selling point with solar is the longevity. A good quality system will easily last 30 years, so the long-term benefits of solar are obvious. &#8220;How many things today can you buy with such a long lifespan, but solar does, and this makes it a perfect investment if you are thinking long-term such as retirement.&#8221; Germany is the biggest installer of solar panels in Europe and shares a similar climate to that in the UK, both of which receive around 60 per cent of the solar radiation levels the equator does.]]></description>
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		<title>Cheap Solar Panels on the way</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glenn333</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A supply glut of polysilicon—the key raw material used in photovoltaic solar panels—promises cheaper solar panels in the years to come. In the short term the price drop has led to many solar panel manufacturers suffering large losses but analysts are hopeful the lower prices will make the technology more competitive with conventionally generated power. The drop in polysilicon, though hurting earnings now, will be beneficial over the long termas it will make solar a more competitively priced alternative to other forms of power and boosts demand. In an Aug. 13 research note, UBS  analyst Robin Cheng said she expects photovoltaic electricity to be competitive with power from the grid by 2010 in those parts of Europe and the U.S. that get more regular sunshine, and by 2014 in regions that experience more cloud cover.]]></description>
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		<title>Home Solar Panels &#8211; Save You Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glenn333</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great article in the UK&#8217;s Guardian newspaper proving that even in rainy Britain home solar panels are a great investment. The Rewards of Solar Panels by Ashley Seager We live in an old terraced house on a cloudy, rainy island. Yet the solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on our roof, put up two years ago, are supplying around 90% of all the electricity used by my family. The initial cost is high, but don&#8217;t let that put you off. Two key developments in recent months have made it worth considering solar PV panels. One is that a government incentive for PV doubled on 1 April and the other is that interest rates on many savings accounts have dropped to about 0.1%, meaning it is time your money worked harder. And don&#8217;t be deterred by the idea Britain doesn&#8217;t get enough sunshine. In fact, solar radiation here is remarkably consistent and only around one third less than southern Italy or Spain. I have just come to the end of my second year with a solar PV system on my roof and it has been a great success. We have a 3kW peak system (about 4m by 3m) on the roof. It produced 2,703kW hours (kWh) in its second full year (to 5 April), only 1% lower than the 2,730 kWh it produced in the first year, and that in spite of a lousy 2008 summer. That was about 80% of the 3,500 kWh we used, and our usage was up because we had builders do some underpinning, which meant lots of kettles and cement mixers on. The previous year we – a family of four – used 3,000 kWh, so the solar system produced 92% of our needs, a figure we expect to return to in the coming 12 months. The panels, made by Kyocera of Japan, come with a 25-year guarantee and should last a lot longer than that. What you effectively do when you buy a solar PV system is pre-buy decades of electricity at today&#8217;s price, thus shielding you from price rises. One great thing about a PV system is that it is &#8220;fit and forget&#8221; with little or no maintenance or noise. And they don&#8217;t have to go on a directly south-facing roof – ours points south-east and works very well. So how do the figures work out? Well, buying 3,000 kWh of electricity normally would cost around £420, based on 14 pence/kWh with npower, our supplier. We end up saving almost £400 of that by producing nearly all our own. On top of that, we were getting payments under the government&#8217;s Renewable Obligation Certification (ROC) scheme of around £35 per megawatt/hour, rounded to the nearest whole one. So that is £105, putting us about £70 in the black for the year. Since 1 April, that ROC payment has doubled to £210, putting us about £175 in the black. That compares with £420 in the red without the panels – a gain of almost £600 a year. Indeed, [...]]]></description>
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