Solar PV - FIT to be ConDem'd?

Gorgeous_George

Which? is reporting that the green ConDems are likely to assign the (41.3p) feed in tariffs to the bin (not sure which bin - I have so many).

Be careful if you are about to sign up.

Link

GG

Cardew

The Government announced there would be no retrospective payment of FIT, for those who fitted solar PV before July last year, a few weeks ago.

If the FIT of 41.3p is cut, I doubt if it will apply to existing installations - although it was in other countries in Europe.

However personally I think it will be excellent news if they do reduce this silly subsidy(that we all pay for) that is being abused by all these commercial firms that have discovered a loophole in the regulations.

penrhyn

This is good news, I don't see why my energy costs should be subsidising middle class ecobling.

aelitaman

The reason I heard they were going to do this is because the commercial companies setting up saying they will install on your roof for free as long as they get the feed in tariffs. The logic is that if commercial companies can do this then the FIT is set too high.

Gorgeous_George

There was a reply that mentioned eco-bling but it has disappeared. Such an excellent term - I'd never heard of it.

GG

Cardew

Gorgeous_George wrote: »

There was a reply that mentioned eco-bling but it has disappeared. Such an excellent term - I'd never heard of it.

GG

Still there - see post# 3

Cardew

From the BBC

The scheme was only launched in April, with cross party support, but the government has now confirmed it will be subject to the Spending Review, with a view on its impact on bills.
With projects already underway, this has sparked fury in the industry.
"If they touch the feed-in tariff, you can forget about private sector funding for renewables," says Ray Noble from the Renewable Energy Association.

Farway

Probably heard same interview on R4, seems some farmers are ditching cows and going for FIT solar panels, pays more, with far less troubles of mucking out, feeding, milking etc so they said

John_Pierpoint

They cannot ConDem the Common Agricultural Policy - which is no longer common and is about subsidising land owners not agricultural production these days - as Brussels administers the CAP gravy train on behalf of the "winners" (Ireland, France etc.)