Feed In tariffs

ayayay

I've been reading about feed in tariffs for wind turbines and find it astonisihing that the electricity companies sell electricity to me for 14p per unit and buy it from me for 30p plus per unit.

In order to maximise my potential profit, is there anything to stop me attaching a small motor to a wind turbine to ensure that even on windless days I can make money?

Alternatively why not cut out the middle man altogether and run a "virtual" wind turbine which simply consists of a motor running off the mains (possibily from a friendly neighbour) costing 14p per unit attached to a small "wind" turbine feeding into my mains generating 30+p per unit? Obviously the system won't be 100% efficient (losses due to heat etc) but given the vast difference in price I should still be in profit.

Anyone see any downside?

macman

Yes. to get the FITS accreditation, the system has to be installed by an accredited installer, and it is rated for output accordingly. Since the additional output isn't coming from green sources, it wouldn't qualify.

ayayay

macman wrote: »

Yes. to get the FITS accreditation, the system has to be installed by an accredited installer, and it is rated for output accordingly. Since the additional output isn't coming from green sources, it wouldn't qualify.

Yeh, but who's checking after the original equipment is installed?

anniecave

ayayay wrote: »

Yeh, but who's checking after the original equipment is installed?

this is a moneysaving site, not an "advice how to commit fraud" site!