Thursday, 3 November 2011

Consultation on Feed-in Tariffs for Solar PV

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has issued a consultation paper on Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) for solar photovoltaic (PV) that will reduce the tariff for household solar electricity. Reduced subsidies for domestic solar electricity production have been proposed as part of an effort to keep the government's FITs scheme budget under control and reflect the plummeting costs of the technology. The proposals, subject to consultation, would introduce a new tariff for schemes up to 4kW in size of 21p/kWh – down from the current 43.3p/kWh. Reduced rates are also proposed for schemes between 4kW and 250kW, to ensure those schemes receive a consistent rate of return. For full details, see the Consultations page or go to the DECC website.

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