UK Solar Feed-in Tariff Explained

The UK Feed-in Tariff, or Clean Energy Cashback, for solar energy, explained.

The UK 'Feed-in Tariff' is a government backed policy to encourage the uptake of renewable energy in the UK.

Instead of providing a grant to help you buy a solar system, the 'Feed-in Tariff' rewards you for the amount of energy you generate, regardless of whether you consume the electricity or not. The scheme also provides an additional payment for any electricity you export.

Under the Feed-in Tariff, an average home in the UK, with a 2.5kWp (21M2) system installed can earn around £900 a year generating and exporting its own solar electricity. You can also save around £130 a year on your electricity bill.

Wood fuel boiler at RJ Mitchell Primary School

Tom Vosper, the Biomass Project Manager at Creative Environmental Networks, describes how the carbon neutral wood pellet boiler at RJ Mitchell Primary School works, in the Borough of Havering in London. It's a Gilles boiler supplied by Broag, and installed by AC Preou of Romford. It's a great example of a retrofit solution to seriously mitigate climate change causing emissions.

Carbon Neutral our footprint our journey

Ashton Hayes is a village in Cheshire, UK with a population of around 1000. Since Jan 2006 it has been aiming to become the first English carbon neutral village.

Combined Heat and Power Biomass Gasifier

The Combined Heat and Power Biomass Gasifier at University of East Anglia will be fired by woodchips from sustainable sources in Norfolk and will have the effect of reducing UEA's carbon emssions by over 30%. It will open in late 2009 and tours are available.